Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney Delivers The Annual Budget

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - OCTOBER 09: John Swinney, Scotlands finance secretary outlines his budget plan for 2015-16 to the Scottish Parliament on October 9, 2014 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Mr Swinney announced details of a new tax to replace stamp duty, in Scotland's first annual budget to make use of new tax powers, due to come into effect next year. The stamp duty replacement, to be called the Land and Building Transactions Tax, will be the first time a Scottish Parliament has levied taxation since the Union in 1707. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)