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Daily Record
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Politics
Chris McCall

Cost of living crisis proves 2014 Union dividend 'was a lie', claims SNP MSP

An SNP MSP has claimed the cost of living crisis has "exposed as a lie" a key claim made by the pro-Union campaign before the 2014 independence referendum.

Jim Fairlie pointed to analysis issued by the UK Treasury eight years ago which claimed Scots could look forward to a "£1,400 dividend" if they voted No.

It was based on the presumption the public would enjoy "lower taxes and sustained public services as part of the UK".

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