article_snippet.sent: But the move will lead to fears that the move could again put the future of the Union at risk by setting Scotland apart from the rest of the UKthe UK.
article_snippet.sent: It is also sure to prove controversial in other parts of the UK, and could stoke resentment about Scots getting a better deal.
article_snippet.sent: There are already concerns about Scots receiving state handouts such as free prescriptions and free tuition fees, which are not available in England and Wales.
article_snippet.sent: Crucially, the money would need to be found from elsewhere within the Scottish Parliament’s budget – or raised through increased taxation.
article_snippet.sent: That increases the prospect that other taxpayers could see other taxpayers bills soar in order to fund benefit giveaways.
article_snippet.sent: Scottish Conservative MSP Alex Johnstone said: ‘This is an example of Labour desperately foraging around for policies it thinks people in Scotland want to hear.
article_snippet.sent: people in Scotland’re forgetting people voted “
article_snippet.sent: No” [in the independence referendum], and don’t need Labour patronising Labour on the constitution.
highlights_snippet.sent: The move is a desperate attempt to reverse the exodus of voters to SNP .
  