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Page last updated at 11:11 GMT, Friday, 23 October 2009 12:11 UK

Anti-cuts protest
Study warns of 'age of austerity'
Economists from Glasgow University predict a new 'age of austerity' as public sector budgets decline over the next five years.
Budget 'pressure' on SNP policies
Leaders clash over Budget 'cuts'

Jobcentre Scottish jobless rate rises
Official figures show that the number of people out of work in Scotland has increased to 179,000.

Scottish Widows advert Lloyds to cut 220 Scottish jobs
Lloyds Banking Group is to axe a total of 220 jobs in its Scottish Widows and group operations divisions in Scotland.


FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Worms Wriggle room
The angler who turned his hobby into a business
Shopper in Glasgow Feeling grim
How the recession is affecting people in Scotland
Unemployed men protest outside a Labour exchange in London during the Great Depression Work camps
Unemployment during the Great Depression

whisky bottles MPs told of Diageo closure plans
MPs in the House of Commons hear that there are few families in Kilmarnock not connected to the Johnnie Walker plant.

Action from Celtic v Rangers Old Firm 'in talks' over TV deal
Celtic and Rangers may be set to mount a bid to take on the broadcasting rights to the Scottish Premier League.

Scots pessimistic about recession
A poll for the BBC suggests Scots are more pessimistic about how long the recession will last than other people in the UK.


Scottish city hotels faring well
Glasgow and Edinburgh hotels are faring better through the recession than those in other British cities, research suggests.


'Listen to people' call to Diageo
Whisky company Diageo must "listen to the people" and ditch plans to axe 900 jobs, Finance Secretary John Swinney says.


Downturn affecting school leavers
New government figures provide fresh evidence that young people leaving school are being hit hard by the recession.


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