Those figures are nothing to do with tax. They are public expenditure figures. I have no idea how much revenue is raised in Scotland compared to the rest of the UK. I would be interested if anyone has an answer to this.
I am familiar with Scotland, I lived there from the age of 6 until I was 27, and I am sure there are reasons why providing some services is more expensive. But it is not the cost of providing services people are noticing, it is that many services are provided in Scotland which are no longer available in England. Lower tuition fees, free prescriptions, free social care for the elderly are just a few examples.
I'm trying to dig up the figures the COI emitted in 1997 just before John Major was kicked out of Downing Street; they suggested a £40Bn net flow of revenue from North to South during the 1980s, mostly due to tax on oil revenue. Can't find it right now, but stubbed my toe on it and went "ow" at the time it made the newspapers.
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I am familiar with Scotland, I lived there from the age of 6 until I was 27, and I am sure there are reasons why providing some services is more expensive. But it is not the cost of providing services people are noticing, it is that many services are provided in Scotland which are no longer available in England. Lower tuition fees, free prescriptions, free social care for the elderly are just a few examples.
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