Msps 'Got Sums Wrong' in Report Dispute Over Scotland's 'Gbp8.5bn Shortfall in Investment'

The Herald (March 17, 2006)

Author: Robbie Dinwoodie Chief Scottish Political Correspondent

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TWO senior economists have attacked as "fatally-flawed" a report by MSPs which claimed Scotland needed GBP8.5bn additional investment to match the record of the rest of the UK.

The report by Holyrood's enterprise and culture committee into the Scottish economy was widely welcomed by the business community when it was released earlier this week.

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Msps 'Got Sums Wrong' in Report Dispute Over Scotland's 'Gbp8.5bn Shortfall in Investment'

But the central claim that public and private sector investment was running at only around half the figure for the rest of the UK has been disputed by ...

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