harvey19 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 It has been announced that Scotland will follow N. Ireland and Wales in scrapping prescription charges. Scottish born students do not have to pay university fees at Scottish universities. How can they afford to do this when England the largest of the countries can not ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denlin Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 It has been announced that Scotland will follow N. Ireland and Wales in scrapping prescription charges. Scottish born students do not have to pay university fees at Scottish universities. How can they afford to do this when Britain the largest of the countries can not ? Whoa, mass exodus to Scotland:hihi::hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Because England sends them money. Perhaps Gordon Brown should've taken the National Debt he ran up back to his home country? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Vader Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 I thought they hadn't had to pay for prescriptions for years in Scotland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC33 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Free prescriptions.......bait for taking big pharma mediSIN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosetinted Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 The Barnett Formula is responsible for it. For every GBP the government spends 85p, 10p and 5p go to England, Scotland and Wales respectively. Taking into account population, Scotland receives more per head than England so can afford to abolish tuition fees and prescription charges...and look after it's people. And why does this continue to be the case? Because Scotland has the oil...well most of it. For it to devolve completely may be disastrous to the UK economy..in the short term anyway. As we all know it is not indefinite and there are also issues about boundaries. But basically the Barnett Formula is responsible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 It also has haggis, deep fried mars bars, chronic alcoholism, neeps ans tatties, kilts, heart disease and bagpipes. But no Tories. Big plus there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Macbeth Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 It has been announced that Scotland will follow N. Ireland and Wales in scrapping prescription charges. Scottish born students do not have to pay university fees at Scottish universities. How can they afford to do this when Britain the largest of the countries can not ? Don't you mean England is the largest of the countries in Britain? I think I'm going back home. My kids are way too old for uni, and I get free prescriptions as a senior citizen, but they don't make you sell your home if you need to go into a nursing home in Scotland. I can't work out what we get here in England that they aren't spending money on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 I can't work out what we get here in England that they aren't spending money on. That's easy. We get the extra bill for Scottish spending, that they aren't spending money on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiDoDoDatDoe Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 England will foot the bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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