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Scottish Greens co-convener Patrick Harvie says the decision to cut stamp duty in the chancellor's budget on Wednesday will increase house prices and not benefit first time house buyers.

Mr Harvie calls on the Scottish government to refuse to follow the "foolish" decision here, where the tax is devolved and called Land and Building Transactions Tax (LBTT).

The first minister says the government will consider whether or not it is appropriate to give first time buyers help in the Scottish government's own forthcoming budget.

The 1% cap on public sector pay rises in Scotland will be scrapped next year, Nicola Sturgeon confirmed in September.

The Scottish government has largely stuck to a UK-wide 1% limit on pay rises that was introduced in 2013 after a two-year freeze.

But as she outlined her government's plans for the next year, the first minister said future pay rises would be based on the cost of living.

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Mr Leonard accuses the SNP of a decade of mediocrity and says there is widening inequality.

He says Scotland needs radical change and calls on the first minister to use Holyrood's powers.

Ms Sturgeon says the SNP have continued to oppose austerity.

The first minister says it was Gordon Brown and Alasdair Darling who started austerity.

She says the Scottish government will raise the public sector pay cap.

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The other point of conflict between the governments is over VAT for the Scottish police and fire services, after Mr Hammond confirmed they would be eligible for refunds from April 2018.

This brings Police Scotland and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service into line with their counterparts elsewhere in the UK - but tax paid since the creation of the national forces will not be reimbursed.

The two services pay about £35m a year in VAT - bringing the total bill since they were set up four years ago to £140m.

Scottish ministers have repeatedly called on the UK government to end the "glaring disparity" in the way that VAT affects emergency services across the UK, pointing out that territorial police and fire services in England and Wales already get refunds on their VAT bills.

The UK government says the Scottish government knew of the VAT implications before the police and fire service mergers were approved, but pressed on with them regardless.

In his budget speech, Mr Hammond said he had been persuaded by Scottish Conservative MPs to make the change.

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Mr Leonard says the poster of the FBU in Scotland made it clear 'No More Cuts'

Mr Leonard ask who will the public believe, the firefighters on the frontline or the first minister on the sidelines.

Ms Sturgeon agains says the operational budget for firefighters has increased this year.

Last month we reported that fire stations are to be closed and firefighter numbers cut, according to documents seen by the BBC.

Papers circulated to senior Scottish Fire and Recue Service management said the current model could not last beyond the end of the financial year.

The Fire Brigades Union Scotland told the BBC that dozens of fire engines were already unusable because there were not enough crews to take them out.

In response, Scotland's fire chief said the service needed to be "transformed".

Read more here.

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At the weekend Scottish Labour announced Richard Leonard as its new party leader after a bitter battle to succeed Kezia Dugdale, who resigned from the role in August.

The announcement was somewhat overshadowed by the news Ms Dugdale was going to I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here.

Party members had to choose between centrist Anas Sarwar and his left-wing rival Richard Leonard.

The contest has been marred by personal attacks, accusations of plots and claims of underhand voting tactics.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the result could lead to Scottish Labour becoming "a real force for change".

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New Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard gets to his feet to a round of applause.

Mr Leonard says he has met the FBU who have been protesting outside Holyrood.

He asks why Scotland's Fire and Rescue Service has been cut.

Ms Sturgeon says the operational budget of the fire service has been raised by £21.7m.

The first minister says it is down to the SNP that the chancellor addressed the VAT issue.

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Ms Davidson says an extra £2bn is quite a bit of extra change to have.

She says that money is available now for the Scottish government.

The Scottish Conservative leader says the SNP promised to protect the basic rate of income tax and is now preparing to hike it up.

The first minister says £500m will be cut by the Tories.

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The Fraser of Allander Institute, external, an economic think tank based at the University of Strathclyde, said the extra funding for the resource budget amounted to "around £350m", saying it "remains on track to be squeezed in real terms over the next two years".

Director Graeme Roy said: "The challenge therefore remains for Derek Mackay as to how best to balance the resource budget with major commitments like additional support for the NHS, more money for childcare and public sector pay uplifts all to be paid for."

The disputed funds come in the form of Barnett consequentials, which are Scotland's share of additional spending in England which falls in areas of devolved competence - like health, education and housing.

The £2bn cited by Mr Hammond is spread over the period from the current financial year through to 2020-21, and includes more than £1.1bn in financial transaction funding.

This is capital funding for loan or equity initiatives, like "help to buy" schemes, meaning the government is constrained in how it is spent.

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Scotland's finance secretary, Derek Mackay - who will unveil his own draft budget in December - said it was "money with strings attached" which could not be spent "directly on frontline public services" and would eventually have to be repaid to the Treasury.

He said the overall deal was "disappointing", telling the BBC's Politics Scotland programme that "it's not a £2bn boost to Scotland, it's a con".

Mr Mackay also claimed the block grant for day to day spending was being cut in real terms, something refuted by the UK government.

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Ms Davidson says the SNP are saying they are getting the wrong kind of money.

Ms Davidson says only the first minister could be handed £2bn in spending power and act like someone has stolen her scone.

Ms Sturgeon says if she was a Tory she would not be talking about scones given the number of families going to foodbanks.

The first minister says the resource day to day budget next year will be less by £200m next year.

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Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson welcomes Richard Leonard as new leader of the Scottish Labour Party.

She then asks if the first minister's growth scheme is a con.

Nicola Sturgoon also congratulates Mr Leonard before detailing the growth scheme.

She says the chancellor's budget is accurately described as a con.

The first minister says the Fraser of Allander Institute says £1.1bn cannot be spent on public services.

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The Scottish government has dismissed the chancellor's pledge of extra funding for Holyrood as a "con".

Philip Hammond said moves in his Autumn Budget would "mean £2bn more for the Scottish government".

But Scotland's finance secretary said Holyrood had been "short changed", and that funds for day to day spending would actually fall.

Ministers have also traded barbs over plans to allow Scotland's police and fire services to claim VAT refunds.

Mr Hammond took aim at "SNP obstinacy" over the issue, while the SNP's Westminster leader Ian Blackford accused the UK government of "vindictiveness and nastiness" for not having made the change sooner.

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