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| Salmond set for budget plan quiz | Salmond set for budget plan quiz |
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| The first minister is expected to be quizzed on the SNP's first budget at Holyrood later. | The first minister is expected to be quizzed on the SNP's first budget at Holyrood later. |
| Opposition leaders will use the parliament's weekly question time session to accuse Alex Salmond of breaking his election promises. | Opposition leaders will use the parliament's weekly question time session to accuse Alex Salmond of breaking his election promises. |
| The Scottish government has said it has had to work within tight spending limits set by the UK Treasury. | The Scottish government has said it has had to work within tight spending limits set by the UK Treasury. |
| Finance Secretary John Swinney set out the SNP administration's spending plans at the parliament on Wednesday. | |
| The measures he detailed included a plan for councils to be offered an extra £70m to freeze council tax bills next year. | The measures he detailed included a plan for councils to be offered an extra £70m to freeze council tax bills next year. |
| However, to pay for the extra spending that deal brings, tough choices have had to be made. | However, to pay for the extra spending that deal brings, tough choices have had to be made. |
| Mr Swinney's trimmed some budgets, increased targets for efficiency savings and delayed or abandoned key election pledges. | Mr Swinney's trimmed some budgets, increased targets for efficiency savings and delayed or abandoned key election pledges. |
| Cuts in business rates are also being phased in but a promise to scrap student debt has been shelved. | Cuts in business rates are also being phased in but a promise to scrap student debt has been shelved. |
| Rivals have claimed it is a budget of "broken promises". | Rivals have claimed it is a budget of "broken promises". |
| The government blames a tighter than expected spending settlement from the Treasury and its lack of a Holyrood majority for the compromises it has made. | The government blames a tighter than expected spending settlement from the Treasury and its lack of a Holyrood majority for the compromises it has made. |