Quote Originally Posted by islaydarkblue View Post
Everyone working in the NHS throughout the whole of the UK should get the same pay rise.
The furlough money is sent to Scotland based on the Barnett Formula. Today it has been reported that only one third of self employed driving instructors, mobile hairdressers and tattoo artists in Scotland have received their £4,000 grant that they were entitled to receive from the Scottish Government under the laid down rules of the furlough scheme. It was reported on BBC Reporting Scotland that people had applied for their grant but their application was rejected. I would not be surprised if Nippy has used that money to give the 4% pay rise to the nurses etc in NHS Scotland.
She certainly seemed to be able to magic up the money from somewhere unless of course it was from the SNP magic money tree.
As you will know, the NHS in Scotland has nothing to do with the NHS in England, it is not 'devolved'. If the tory government want to match the pay rise in Scotland, then that is very easy for them to do. They found £22bn for failed Track and Trace and even though it was a complete failure, that sum is rising to £37bn. That is an astronomical sum of money, the human brain cannot even compute how much money that is, you needs computers to work it out.

Think you're mixed up about furlough, this as far as I understand relates to workers on PAYE, not those who are self-employed. Self-employed have been neglected in the UK due to the rules adopted by the UK govt last March. There are 3m people excluded from support, they don't all live in Scotland. If all you listen to is the BBC then it's no surprise you think everything is negative.