Morning Money: Scotland’s public spending deficit has reached almost £15 billion

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Morning Money: Scotland’s public spending deficit has reached almost £15 billion

Nigel Cassidy

Original Broadcast:

Morning Money at 8:00 on Thu 25 Aug 2016

Morning Money: Scotland’s public spending deficit has reached almost £15 billion

Scotland’s public spending deficit has reached almost £15 billion, more than twice the size of the UK figure, and at 9.5% of GDP its higher than that of Greece at 7.2%. North Sea oil revenues also plunged from £1.8 billion in 2014/15 to just £60 million last year. Our commentator in Scotland, Maurice Smith, discussed.

Guests:

Chris Bailey,Maurice Smith

Published: Thu 25 Aug 2016

Topics: UK, Macro-Economics (in Economics)

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