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"Difficult decisions" may need to be made about whether some services can continue to be provided by the NHS in Scotland, a spending watchdog has warned.

The watchdog is exploring whether the government failed to comply with environmental laws when it previously granted the use of the banned pesticide.

However, earlier this year the UK's spending watchdog, the National Audit Office warned that this target would be missed unless the process was speeded up.

The boss of the UK's financial watchdog has said criticism from MPs that it has failed to reform after years of scandal is "not fair".

In a statement, the country's antitrust watchdog alleged Google had illegally linked two advertising tools to maintain market supremacy and used this dominant position to distort ad auctions by preferring its own tools.