The Bottom Line Scotland @BottomLineScot
Invigorating and elevating the debate on the economics of Scottish independence thebottomline.scot Scotland Joined July 2022-
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GERS shows 'stark evidence of UK mismanagement of Scottish economy', says @BottomLineScot report thenational.scot/news/23732797.…
New post from @BottomLineScot on the how the latest GERS report provides stark evidence of the mismanagement of the economy by the UK Government thebottomline.scot/gers-and-the-m…
The latest GERS public finance statistics for Scotland shows the effects of UK Government mismanagement of the economy. Net post coming soon at thebottomline.scot
@bottomlinescot in The National thenational.scot/news/23224202.…
@BottomLineScot in @Daily_Record North Sea oil prices offer 'historic opportunity' to transform Scottish economy dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/… For the full article see thebottomline.scot/independence-a…
@BottomLineScot in @ScotNational today Scotland risks squandering 'historic opportunity' go green in UK, report warns thenational.scot/news/23224202.… For the full article see thebottomline.scot/independence-a…
The latest paper from @BottomLineScot sets out how high oil prices and Scotland’s renewable energy resources present a historic opportunity to transform the economy and transition to net zero thebottomline.scot/independence-a…
The latest from @BottomLineScot is on Scotland's fiscal balance and the huge opportunity for the Scottish economy from the Net Zero transition. Will be published here tomorrow (Tuesday 3rd): thebottomline.scot
The next article from @BottomLineScot will be published early in the new year on Scotland's improved fiscal balance and the opportunity to transition to a Net Zero economy. In the meantime, see our previous articles at thebottomline.scot
Iain Macwhirter's Substack: Scotland’s Oil is back but Nicola doesn’t want it iainmacwhirter.substack.com/p/scotlands-oi…
Oil and gas boom will 'accelerate' Scotland's green energy revolution thenational.scot/news/23165975.… For more on @BottomLineScot see thebottomline.scot
Listen to Graeme Blackett of @BottomLineScot discussing the latest projections from @TheIFS and what they mean for Scottish independence on @BBCRadioScot’s Good Morning Scotland thebottomline.scot/graeme-blacket…
New analysis from @theIFS which could transform the debate on the economics of Scottish independence. Listen in to #bbcgms just after 8am tomorrow on @BBCRadioScot to hear from Graeme Blackett of @BottomLineScot
🚨 My NEW @theIFS analysis of Scotland's underlying public finances, updating the figures post-Autumn Statement is out NOW. Headline: a much stronger picture over the next few years, but a large deficit is projected to return by 2nd half of 2020s. ifs.org.uk/articles/scotl…
Unlike in #Scotland where our publicly owned #water sector has been making year on year improvements over the last 20 years as @BottomLineScot paper on the water sector in Scotland reveals thebottomline.scot/a-case-of-agen…
🚨 My NEW @theIFS analysis of Scotland's underlying public finances, updating the figures post-Autumn Statement is out NOW. Headline: a much stronger picture over the next few years, but a large deficit is projected to return by 2nd half of 2020s. ifs.org.uk/articles/scotl…
The costs of dependency to Scotland: the underperformance of the UK economy and the Tax Gap - see the latest from @BottomLineScot here: thebottomline.scot/the-costs-of-d…
@BBCDouglasF @RogMull @DickWinchester We will have more to say on this in future papers. As well as what they have done right, it is also important that they have realised the agency to pursue what is right for them, see thebottomline.scot/agency-and-hel…
Latest from @BottomLineScot shows the cost of dependency for Scotland in the UK - the £26 billion tax gap compared to independent small countries. For the details: thebottomline.scot/the-costs-of-d…
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