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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
National
Steph Brawn

Government vows to put out new papers on indy Scotland's economy after key Welsh report

FURTHER papers setting out economic opportunities for an independent Scotland will be published after vital research debunked the myth Wales was too poor to go it alone, the Scottish Government has said.

Key analysis by Dublin City University found the fiscal gap in the early days of an independent Wales would be a 'fraction' of what has previously been assumed from UK Government data.

Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) are often quoted as suggesting the deficit an independent Wales would incur on day one would be £13.5 billion.

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