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Even high oil revenues can’t fix Scotland’s deficit

17 August 2023

2:16 AM

17 August 2023

2:16 AM

It’s Scotland’s annual Gers shenanigans this week. If you don’t already know, Gers stands for ‘Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland’. It is an official Scottish government statistics report that provides an estimate of the total amount of government revenue raised in Scotland versus the total amount of public spending benefitting the country.

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