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| Scottish independence: Proposal to retain welfare set-up | Scottish independence: Proposal to retain welfare set-up |
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| A welfare working group is to recommend Scotland shares the administration of pensions and benefits with the rest of the UK in the event of independence. | |
| It is thought the Scottish government, which commissioned the report, is sympathetic to the idea. | It is thought the Scottish government, which commissioned the report, is sympathetic to the idea. |
| A large proportion of welfare payments are processed in Scotland, including about a fifth of all state pensions. | A large proportion of welfare payments are processed in Scotland, including about a fifth of all state pensions. |
| The SNP has already indicated it would continue to share a monarch and a currency if there was a "yes" vote. | The SNP has already indicated it would continue to share a monarch and a currency if there was a "yes" vote. |
| The Expert Working Group on Welfare was set up January 2013 to look at the costs and delivery of welfare in an independent Scotland. | The Expert Working Group on Welfare was set up January 2013 to look at the costs and delivery of welfare in an independent Scotland. |
| In its first official report, it is expected to say that it would also make sense to keep the existing set-up for delivering pensions and benefits in the event of a "yes" vote in next year's referendum. | In its first official report, it is expected to say that it would also make sense to keep the existing set-up for delivering pensions and benefits in the event of a "yes" vote in next year's referendum. |
| The Scottish government is likely to back the idea for a transitional period, as long as it would not tie them into policies which they oppose, such as recent housing benefit cuts. | The Scottish government is likely to back the idea for a transitional period, as long as it would not tie them into policies which they oppose, such as recent housing benefit cuts. |