I think the "new proposals" for more devolutioon are actually worse.
Let's have a look at the one from the Labour party:
"As we made clear in our interim report,the Barnett formula should remain as the funding mechanism for public services in Scotland.
Under our proposal, as is the case under the Scotland Act, the Barnett grant will be reduced to take account of the fact that the Scottish Parliament will have a revenue stream of its own.
As a result the Scottish Parliament will be funded partly by grant calculated under the Barnett formula and partly by its own resources – principally Scottish income tax payers. "
This means that any new revenue streams generated in Scotland through higher taxation could potentially be offset by a reduction of the block grant.
Indeed after checking the current funding arrangement this seems to be already the case:
"if levels of self-financed expenditure generated by a devolved administration grow significantly more rapidly than comparable expenditure in England over a period and in such a way as to threaten targets set for public expenditure as part of the management of the United Kingdom economy, it will be open to the United Kingdom Government to take the excess into account in considering the level of grant to the devolved administrations. This principle will not apply to the Scottish Variable Rate of Income Tax"
That would mean higher taxes in Scotland for overall the same budget for the Scottish Parliament.
I hope I'm wrong but I think we are about to get shafted well and good.
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