And by the way you owe us pounds 1,219,678,400.THE SNP SNP Scottish National Party Noun 1. SNP - (genetics) genetic variation in a DNA sequence that occurs when a single nucleotide in a genome is altered; SNPs are usually considered to be point mutations that have been evolutionarily have accused Westminster of pocketing more than pounds 1billion that should have gone to Scotland. They claim it includes pounds 184million Lottery funding diverted to the 2012 London Olympics There have been two London Olympics (London hosting the Olympic Games), in 1908 and 1948, with a third scheduled for 2012. The planned 2012 Olympics will make London the first city to have hosted the modern Games of three Olympiads. and pounds 400million in council tax benefits. But the figures were rejected by the Treasury, who claim Scotland receives "fair and equitable" funds. SNP Treasury spokesman Stewart Hosie Stewart Hosie, (born January 3, 1963) a Scottish politician, is the Scottish National Party (SNP) Member of Parliament for Dundee East since the 2005 UK General Election[1][2]. said pounds 1.2billion was being withheld - or proposed to be - by Westminster. He said the amount was the equivalent of pounds 874 for every family in Scotland. Hosie said: "Scotland is clearly short-changed in a whole variety of areas and the SNP will do all we can to ensure that Scotland gets just treatment." The SNP's figures include pounds 400million Scotland gets in council tax benefits. UK Government ministers have repeatedly said this funding would end if the SNP proposed local income tax is introduced. The SNP total includes pounds 184million of Scots' Lottery cash for the Olympics which they claim should go to good causes in Scotland. And pounds 8.1million foot-and-mouth compensation for farmers. They say pounds 120million is due to Scotland from pounds 1.2billion of spending on prisons south of the border. But the Scotland Office The Scotland Office (Oifis na h-Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a department of the United Kingdom government within the Ministry of Justice and led by the Secretary of State for Scotland. in London said: "These are fantasy figures. The SNP have pounds 30billion to spend - more than twice the budget Donald Dewar had." SHOPPING BILL Council tax benefit pounds 400M Olympic lottery pounds 184.2M Spending review pounds 342M Farmers compensation pounds 8.1M Prisons pounds 120M Olympic regeneration pounds 165M Security at G8 and St Andrews summits pounds 0.37M TOTAL pounds 1,219,678,400 CAPTION(S): Short-changed: Stewart Hosie |
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