Scots to get their own bond power

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Ireland British Irish Council Summit
Ireland British Irish Council Summit

Scotland will shortly be free to raise debt under it's own name. But it may well come at a price. Though Scotland votes in September on the chance to break its union with England - there is huge anxiety on it being denied the pound, as George Osborne insists - a new concession allows Scotland to issue more than £2bn in bonds. What does it mean? %VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%

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