Re: Will Scotland Leave the UK?
Seems that the SNPs spending policies after independence would have been in tatters with the slump in oil prices:
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Alistair Carmichael, UK secretary of state for Scotland, said Treasury analysis showed the fall in the oil price to $82 a barrel, if maintained, would mean revenues £8.7bn lower than forecast by the Scottish government for the three years from 2016 to 2018.
The lowest oil price included in Scottish government oil revenue forecasts issued in May was $99 a barrel in 2016-17, with most of the SNP administration’s scenarios based on a price of $110.
“Had Scotland been independent today, the Scottish government would have had billions less to spend on essential public services,” Mr Carmichael said in a statement.
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