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Total public expenditure in Scotland in 1999/2000 was £36.4 billion, of which identifiable spending which can be proven to benefit Scotland was £27.4 billion. This increased to a total public expenditure of £100.4 billion in 2020/21 of which £81.1 billion was identifiable spending that can be proven to benefit Scotland. [17] [18]
It has been argued that modern Scotland is "more like the Nordic nations than it is the rest of the United Kingdom", leading to claims that an independent Scotland would be a "good fit" for membership of the Nordic Council. [58] Representatives from the Scottish Parliament attended the Nordic Council for the first time in 2022. [59]
The main difference in this report was the focus on developing Scotland's economy whilst being part of the United Kingdom rather than becoming independent. Ms Forbes wanted to "deliver the best economic performance possible for Scotland within the current constitutional constraints."
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon has navigated her own course in dealing with the aftershocks of the novel coronavirus. In pursuing what she calls an “interventionist ...
The former first minister said every nation ‘deserves a second chance’ as he called for the issue of independence to be pushed ‘harder and faster’. Salmond: Scotland will be independent ...
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In 2022, 73 percent of Scots would want an independent Scotland to be part of NATO and only 8 percent oppose this. [175] The UK Defence Journal writes that the defence of Scotland is best served as part of the UK. [176] Scotland is said to benefit from a collective defence force and an independent Scotland would weaken the UK's defence posture ...
With independence, Scotland "would be able to apply to rejoin the EU with access to the single market for its seafood products, enjoy the benefits of free movement and negotiate an equitable share of EU funding", and, further argued by the Scottish Government in the paper, "could negotiate for its own interests in international marine forums ...