Summary

• Generations of Westminster neglect has allowed Scotland to become the sickest and oldest country among European peers

• The ‘Union dividend’ is no more than a ‘reparation’ for the human cost of Scotland’s demographic woes

• Scotland’s long awaited solution to its demographic challenges destroyed overnight by Brexit

• Scotland’s ‘dividend’ is well below what all other European peers spend on core public services

Conclusion

• Scotland’s GDP strong enough to support higher spending but denied under Tory/Labour austerity consensus