“Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland 2019-20”

Part of the debate – in the Scottish Parliament at on 3 September 2020.

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We continue to ensure that every part of Scotland gets the investment that it needs to progress its agenda. This year’s programme for government ensures that that is the case once again.

On fiscal transfers, the member does not need to take my word for it. He can listen to his own Prime Minister, who talks about the need to “level up”. He says that precisely because, right now, the way in which public finances are managed across the UK is unfair and unsustainable. Apparently, the winning argument from the unionists is that they celebrate mediocrity, short-term thinking and unsustainability. That is probably why more and more people in Scotland know that our society and our economy would be fairer and more prosperous under independence.