Quote Originally Posted by Deeranged View Post
Give me exact figures. Saying 'Scotland receives a lot more funding from Westminster than it contributes' isn't enough, I need data.

EDit - the data needs to be corroborated, your opinion isn't enough.
It has been well documented in the press and media about the Scottish Government budget deficit figures using the GERS figures where there is a budget deficit of over £12k per person in Scotland which has to be bankrolled via the Barnett Formula.
The Scottish Government civil servants managed to over estimate how much money the Scottish Government would receive from Scottish taxation per annum.
This shortfall has been met by the U.K. Government but it is not planning to continue doing this forever.
The income that the Scottish Government receives from Scottish taxation is deducted from the block grant from Westminster which in my opinion defeats the purpose of having a Scottish taxation scheme in the first place.
People living in Scotland earning more than £27,000 per annum pay more tax than people living in the rest of the U.K. and also earning more than £27,000 per annum.