A LEADING political economist, close to Gordon Brown, has called for the scrapping of the Barnett formula, claiming that Scotland gets more than its fair share of UK public spending.
Iain McLean, professor in politics at Nuffield College, Oxford University – one of the independent specialists giving evidence to the Calman commission on Holyrood’s financial powers – also said the Barnett formula was being used to tackle the threat of independence. for more click here