A secret report written 30 years ago has been released, stating Scotland's oil revenues could have made a case for repealing the Act of Union. The advice from economist Gavin McCrone was prepared for ...

Imagine then, what the oil could have done for a Scotland which chose independence in the mid 1970s and claimed ownership of the reserves. Thirty years ago, Professor McCrone answered that very ...

Written by a leading government economist in 1974, it sets out how oil would have given Scotland one of the strongest currencies in Europe. The report by Professor Gavin McCrone also stated that ...