I have been continually bemused by the fact that GERS – Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland – and its equivalent data for Wales and Northern
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My thoughts on the Scottish economy, recorded in June: There’s one personal aside to this: one commentator said it looked like I needed to lay
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This is my evidence in the quality of GERS – Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland – presented to the Finance Committee of the Scottish Parliament
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I have been asked for my comments on GERS 2017 – the Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland statement, of which the latest version was published
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As some readers of the blog will know I have been taking an interest in the data underpinning Scottish economic reporting this year. As a
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Robin McAlpine is the director of the Scottish left think-tank Common Weal. As he revealed in a podcast this weekend (listen to the last couple
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I have had several enquiries this morning (mainly be email) about the article I have in The National in Scotland this morning. Ths is typical:
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The National newspaper in Scotland has the following article from me in its pages today: A SCOTTISH tax system after independence should look very different
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I share this press release from Transparency International, which I think is really important, whilst adding that this is not within the control of the
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