GERS
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No, England does not subsidise Scotland. When the UK debt repayments are removed from GERS, it shows Scotland has a surplus. The UK Government has diverted Scotland’s wealth to the UK Treasury to pay off its debts. Thus it creates 100% of Scotland’s supposed debts and 100% of its phoney deficit.
Full answer here: England does not subsidise Scotland
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GERS has less importance than some believe. The figures are estimates with a number of contested assumptions.
Full answer here: The Accounting Trick that Hides Scotland’s Wealth
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GERS is an annual estimate of the Scottish economy in the United Kingdom. GERS is produced by Scottish Government statisticians, independently of Scottish Ministers. It contains a number of estimates, as there is incomplete data collected for Scotland.
Full answer here: A description of GERS by Fraser of Allender Institute
GERS and the Mismanagement of the Economy
Author / Creator: Bottom Line
Media type: Article
Date published: 2023
The latest Government Expenditure and Revenue in Scotland (GERS) statistics on Scotland’s public finances provide stark evidence on the mismanagement of the economy by the UK Government.
Why is GERS C.R.A.P?
Author / Creator: Richard Murphy
Media type: Video
Date published: 2020
GERS is founded on a number of questionable bases.
Scotland is Not Subsidised by Taxpayers in the rest of the UK
Author / Creator: Mammoth Whale
Date published: 2021
Scotland is not subsidised by other regions of the UK – this is an indisputable accounting fact.
Scotland’s Finances – The Truth
Author / Creator: Business for Scotland
Media type: Blog
Date published: 2022
There is no set of accounts that tells us how an independent Scotland’s economy would fare, nor what its finances would look like. Not yet anyway.
This is why the Westminster myths about independence are wrong. Open minds on independence #18
Author / Creator: Believe in Scotland
Media type: News Media
Date published:
This looks at three myths about Scottish independence:
MYTH 1: You'll have had your referendum.
MYTH 2: Scotland has a huge deficit because we spend too much on public services.
MYTH 3: The costs of establishing Scotland as an independent country will be huge.
Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland
Author / Creator: Wikipedia
Media type: Wikipedia
Date published:
Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) is an annual estimate of the Scottish economy as part of the United Kingdom. It was first published in 1992, and yearly since 1995, with the exceptions of 2007 where there was no report due to a methodology review, and 2016 where there were two annual reports due to an acceleration of publishing timescale.
FFS explains: what is the GERS report and what can it tell you?
Author / Creator: The Ferret
Media type: Fact check
Date published:
Published annually, the report details the difference between Scotland’s tax revenues and its public service expenditure.
A Guide to the Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) Report
Author / Creator: Fraser of Allander Institute
Media type: Academic Paper
Date published: 2021
GERS does not present a balanced view of the Scottish economy. The possible financial costs and risks, or savings and opportunities, of implementing a new constitutional framework are, naturally, not considered in GERS. Similarly, it does not report on the effects of faster or slower economic growth in an independent Scotland.
What are the implications of independence for public revenues and spending?
Author / Creator: Graeme Roy
Media type: Assessment report
Date published: 2021
There is no question that an independent Scotland could run a sustainable budget. But like the UK, an independent Scotland would face major fiscal challenges both in the short and long run. Based upon the latest data, an independent Scotland is likely to face greater challenges than the UK as a whole (at least in the short-term).
The truth about the annual GERS figures.
Author / Creator: The National
Media type: News Media
Date published:
There is no set of official accounts that tells us how an independent Scotland’s economy would fare, nor what its finances would look like.
How is Scotland in debt if it can't borrow?
Author / Creator: The National
Media type: News Media
Date published:
The accounts don’t suggest Scotland is in debt at all. People just don't understand how to analyse the UK Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland report (GERS).
How Scotland’s been tricked into thinking it’s too poor.
Author / Creator: The National
Media type: News Media
Date published:
A poll for Prospect Scotland found that 75% of Scottish voters would vote for independence if they felt that the economic plan for an independent Scotland meant we would be better off.
Thinking Outwith the Box, GERS 2020-21 and the SNP conference Agenda
Author / Creator: Craig Dalzell
Media type: Podcast
Date published:
What the latest GERS figures mean (and don’t mean) for Scotland, independence and the post-pandemic recovery.
Response to latest [2020/1] Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) estimates
Author / Creator: David Phillips
Media type: Assessment report
Date published:
The large debts shown by the 2020/1 GERS are temporary and not structural. They do not indicate that Scotland cannot afford to be inedpendent.
Beyond GERS: Scotland’s fiscal position post-independence
Author / Creator: Craig Dalzell
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published: 2017
GERS (Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland) is not a good guide to the position of Scotland post independence.
Revealed: The Accounting Trick that Hides Scotland’s Wealth (2020)
Author / Creator: Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp
Media type: Assessment report
Date published: 2020
The UK Government has diverted Scotland’s wealth to the UK Treasury to pay off its debts. Thus it creates 100% of Scotland’s supposed debts and 100% of its phoney deficit. This is the impact of Westminster’s debt loading alone, and upon that accounting trick, rests the entire economic case for the Union. Would an independent Scotland have to pay the rUK a population share of the UK’s historical debt? No – there is in fact a very strong case for Scotland to be compensated for having already paid more than it’s “fair share” of the UK’s debt
Common Weal analysis of GERS 2016-2017 reveals economic opportunities of independence
Author / Creator: Craig Dalzell
Media type: Assessment report
Date published:
An independent Scotland could be better off to the tune of at least £7.5 billion in comparison to the figures in the 2017 GERS paper effectively cutting the deficit by over half. The very act of Scottish Independence would boost tax revenue by at least £7.5 billion per year.