>How much public spending and revenue is there for Scotland? During 2021-22 tax revenue generated in Scotland amounted to about £73.8 billion, including North Sea oil revenue. During the same period, Scotland benefited from about £97.5 billion in public spending, a difference of £23.7 billion.
(And this of course only compares local tax revenue to local spending, some local revenue has to be spent internationally on aid, defence, international organisations, EU partnership etc. So every region should expect LESS back than it pays in in cash terms).
There is nothing wrong with not being a well-off region. But spending like you are without a fiscal union with someone, is very dangerous. Just ask Greece.
If someone says they want independence, I support that. But they should acknowledge it will be independence with 30% increases in tax or cuts in spending or some mix of the two.
"Benefited from public spending" in this case means "paid a massive chunk of the failed English goverment's debts".
There is absolutely no reason why anyone north of the Midlands should be forking over a grand a year towards the cost of HS2 - a toy train that joins two towns in the south of England - but here we are, all the same...
There is no english government, so no english government debt exists either. And as I said debt isn't included in those figures.
And since you're now tacitly admitting I was right, I think we're done. Good luck with independence. Hopefully I am wrong and Scotland suddenly becomes a productive economic region...
https://www.deliveringforscotland.gov.uk/scotland-in-the-uk/....
(And this of course only compares local tax revenue to local spending, some local revenue has to be spent internationally on aid, defence, international organisations, EU partnership etc. So every region should expect LESS back than it pays in in cash terms).
There is nothing wrong with not being a well-off region. But spending like you are without a fiscal union with someone, is very dangerous. Just ask Greece.
If someone says they want independence, I support that. But they should acknowledge it will be independence with 30% increases in tax or cuts in spending or some mix of the two.