Using GERS to attack Scottish independence ‘is to misuse it’, top institute warns

Russell Findlay's Scottish Conservatives in 2025 used the GERS report to attack independence, which the FAI has warned against (Image: PA)

TO use the annual GERS report into Scotland’s fiscal position in the UK to attack the economics of an independent Scotland “is to misuse it”, a leading financial body has warned.

The Fraser of Allander Institute (FAI) – which is based at the University of Strathclyde – told commentators and politicians that the GERS report could not be used to say “anything about an independent Scotland” in a briefing published on Tuesday.