Scottish government bonds
What exactly do we want from Scottish Government bonds plan?
Author / Creator: Richard Murphy
Media type: Article
Date published: 2026
Proving Scotland’s ability to fund itself from its own people’s savings, rather than from savings made elsewhere, is not a side issue. It is close to the whole point.
On the Problem with Scotland’s Future Bond Plans
Author / Creator: William Thomson
Media type: Article
Date published: 2026
The Scottish Government’s decision to issue a wholesale bond is guaranteed to create all the wrong headlines at exactly the wrong time.
Scottish Government Bonds and Investing in Ourselves
Author / Creator: William Thomson
Media type: Working paper
Date published: 2026
The wholesale Scottish government bond programme will result in approximately £170 million leaking out of the Scottish economy.