Pensions
What happens to pensions after a Yes vote?
Author / Creator: Believe in Scotland
Media type: News Media
Date published:
Independence gives us the chance to significantly increase the state pension. Even If we only match the European average that would double the current state pension.
The UK's worst state pension in developed world.
Author / Creator: Believe in Scotland
Media type: News Media
Date published:
The UK state pension is the worst in the developed world in terms of its value verses average wages. It ranks bottom in a list of countries compiled by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), paying out just 29% of the average wage.
Was Britain's economy already broken or will Brexit break it?
Author / Creator: The National
Media type: News Media
Date published:
The economic situation has been made even worse by the unfolding disaster that is Brexit. Scotland's view has been ignored by the Westminster government.
Scottish Sovereignty Research Group
Author / Creator: Scottish Sovereignty Research Group
Media type: Web site
Date published: 2020 -
The objectives of the Scottish Sovereignty Research Group:
- Research means to become independent which will be legally recognized other than through a Westminster sanctioned referendum
- Continue to develop a written constitution.
- Hold a broad survey among Scots to determine what kind of country they would like to see
What can the Scottish Parliament do with new social security powers?
Author / Creator: Paul Spicker
Media type: Assessment report
Date published: February 2016
Scotland will not be able to experiment and to innovate under the current devolution of social security powers.
The introduction plan for the new Scottish Currency
Author / Creator: Tim Rideout
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published: 2020
The introduction of a new currency needs to account for customer deposits and loans and the Sterling pensions guarantee.
Currency Tests
Author / Creator: Tim Rideout
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published: 2020
The Sustainable Growth Commission's tests for to establish a new currency are flawed. A new 7-point set of tests are proposed.
Lessons for Scotland in how newly independent countries boosted pensions
Author / Creator: Believe in Scotland
Media type: Web site
Date published:
UK pensioners receive around a quarter of the average working wage. Russian pensioners get 57% of the average wage, Latvians 54%, Croations 54%, Slovenia 57%. The UK pensioners receive 28% of the average wage as their state pension.