Guaranteed Scottish confusion

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Guaranteed Scottish confusion

The UK government will unequivocally honour its guarantee on a project bond for a new green energy power plant in Scotland, regardless of how that country votes in its independence referendum. But that means UK taxpayers could be left underwriting a bond that only benefits a foreign country if Scotland votes yes, while it still isn’t clear how an independent Scotland would honour its share of the UK’s debt obligations.

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