How would Scottish independence be funded?
Answer:
The set up costs are estimated at £25 billion of which £15 billion as a share of assets being transferred. The continuing financial position is dependent on the strength of the economy.
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What are the cost implications of setting up an independent Scotland?
Author / Creator: Common Weal
Media type: Briefing paper
Date published: 2021
Initial debts will be a matter of negotiation with the UK government. The set up costs are estimated at £25 billion of which £15 billion will be offset as a share of assets being transferred.
The SNP must rethink its economic model for an independent Scotland
Author / Creator: Laurie Macfarlane
Media type: Assessment report
Date published:
Scotland can become a successful independent nation. But that plan needs to come from the 2020s. And it needs to come from a broad cross section of civil society, not just business groups. Far from being an asset to the independence cause, the Growth Commission is its biggest liability. It’s time, as we say, ‘tae think again’.
How would an independent Scotland pay for it?
Author / Creator: Cameron Archibald
Media type: News Media
Date published:
It’s that time of year again when unionists start spreading lies about how an independent Scotland is subsidised by taxpayers money from the rest of the United Kingdom.