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GERS report a 'hammer blow' to SNP plans for Scottish independence, say pro-Union campaigners

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Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox every Friday.Pro-Union campaigners have claimed the UK is "more valuable than ever" to Scotland as the annual report on the nation's finances found its notional deficit has grown again.The 2020 Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS) publication - which examines how much the country raises in taxes compared to how much it spends on public services - found a gap of £15.1 billion in 2019-20, up from £13.1 billion last year.It found that overall revenues, including North Sea oil receipts, increased to a record £65.9 billion.

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