The Scottish government should receive an extra £300m to cover the planned increase to employer National Insurance contributions, the BBC has learned.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8y7ze4qyzo The Scottish government should receive an extra £300m to cover the planned increase to employer National Insurance contributions, the BBC has learned.Last week, Treasury officials are said to have told their counterparts in Edinburgh that they should receive in the range of between £295m and £330m extra – though the Scottish government has said the… Source

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Scottish Finance Secretary Shona Robison accused the UK Government of ‘austerity through the back door’.  The Treasury will provide no more than £330 million to the Scottish Government to cover the impact on the public sector of the increase in national insurance. Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced in her October 30 Budget that employer contributions would increase, but the UK Government would mitigate the impact on the public sector in England.…

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