"It is Londoners' huge tax payments that allow Scottish politicians to offer voters free universities, care homes and prescriptions"
The row over perks for Scotland reignited today after it emerged that Edinburgh will get £500 million extra simply because Crossrail is being built in London.
Amid signs that the Tories will present themselves as the "English party" at the next election , David Cameron said for the first time that he would review the controversial Barnett formula that allocates cash to different parts of Britain.
The Standard has discovered that, under the formula, Scotland will automatically receive a huge payment to compensate for Crossrail's £16 billion worth of spending in the capital.
The revelation prompted fresh claims that the cash windfall will be used to subsidise free university tuition, elderly care and other perks.
(London Evening Standard)
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