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Poverty: Scotland must 'grow up'

Leading think-tanks warn Holyrood it must stand up to Westminster if its ideals are to mean real gains for Scotland�s poor By Investigations Editor Neil Mackay

THE Scottish government has to get tough with Westminster over London's "anti-democratic" control of two key levers of power - the tax system and the benefits systems - if it really wants to tackle poverty effectively north of the Border.