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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scotland's government on Wednesday announced plans to protect social spending and impose a "health levy" on major tobacco and alcohol outlets despite cuts in funding from the coalition administration in London.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/18b61f91/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Scottish+government+plans+levy+on+retailers&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F09%2F21%2Fuk-britain-scotland-idUKTRE78K4UT20110921%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Scottish+government+plans+levy+on+retailers&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F09%2F21%2Fuk-britain-scotland-idUKTRE78K4UT20110921%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div> [More]

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