Letters: A period of self-funding would show Scots the reality of independence
4 May 2021 • 12:02am Pro-Union counter demonstrators gather in Glasgow in opposition to a Scottish independence supporters rally Credit: Jeff J Mitchell/ Getty Images Europe SIR – According to government figures, in the current financial year Scotland will be spending £129 per person for every £100 spent in England. The Barnett formula will result in about £38 billion going from English taxpayers to the Scottish government. It is difficult to see how promises of billions of pounds of investment to provide a faster rail link from Glasgow to London (report, May 2) will sway Scottish...
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