British government agrees deal with Scotland over new spending powers

The British government and the devolved government of Scotland have reached agreement on how much spending power will be put in Scottish hands, fulfilling a promise made on the eve of Scotland's 2014 independence referendum. The agreement ends a dispute over how much money the devolved government will receive in future from the British Treasury. The British government thus complies with a last-minute promise to Scotland made by the major London-based political parties before the independence vot