BE BRAVE WITH YOUR BUDGET

FM urged to match rhetoric with ambition

- KATRINE BUSSEY

CAMPAIGNERS are calling on Scotland's First Minister to show "genuine budget bravery" by introducing "fairer" tax reforms that can help raise cash for investment in public services.

With the Scottish Government facing an estimated £1.5billion funding gap ahead of tomorrow's budget at Holyrood, more than 60 campaign groups, think tanks, charities, trade unions and others bodies have joined together to demand action.

In a letter sent to the leaders of the five main political parties at Holyrood, they insisted the budget statement, to be delivered by Deputy First Minister Shona Robison, should be a "pivotal moment for fundamental change".