FORMER finance secretary Kate Forbes has torn into “ridiculous mistruths” from the chief executive of a pro-Union think tank ...
She wrote: “Delightfully amusing to see Mr Taylor having to spin far-fetched and ridiculous mistruths on today of all days.
Taylor responded to insist that the “implication” in Forbes’s statement was that she would “do things differently” than the UK’s current state pension system. The row comes on “Gers day”, the annual publication of the figures estimating Scotland’s notional deficit as a part of the United Kingdom.The GERS figures for 2022-2023 showed public spending north of the Border amounted to £106.6 billion in 2022-23 – up by £9.3bn on the previous year.
This increased from £2.4bn in 2021-22 following the introduction of the UK Government’s energy profits levy – a windfall tax on the oil andTotal revenue for Scotland increased by £15bn , which compares to growth of 11.3% for the UK as a whole.
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