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UK summit set to hear funds call 'Arbitration' move at UK summit
(about 11 hours later)
Claims that Scotland is being "short-changed" look set to dominate a meeting of devolved administrations and the UK Government in London. First Minister Alex Salmond said there were "signs of progress" in the relationship between Scottish ministers and the UK government.
It will be the first time the Joint Ministerial Committee has met for six years. He was speaking after a meeting of the Joint Ministerial Committee - the body made up of ministers from Westminster and the devolved administrations.
The meeting will be chaired by UK Justice Secretary Jack Straw. Mr Salmond said they had agreed there should be a new mechanism for arbitration in financial disputes.
The Scottish Government is expected to raise issues of fuel prices, North Sea oil and gas revenues and spending on the London Olympics. There have been a series of disagreements over funding.
The arguments will be put forward by Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond and Finance Secretary John Swinney. Tax revenues
Spending share Rows between Westminster and Edinburgh have involved money for the 2012 Olympics "short-changing Scotland" and soaring oil prices benefiting the chancellor.
A Scottish Government spokesman said there were issues shared across devolved institutions, such as the way that the London Olympics is said to be ''short-changing Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland". The Scottish Government said spending on the Olympics in London falls outside the Barnett Formula for allocating shares of spending across the UK, so does not see knock-on extra funds going to the devolved administrations.
Spending on the Olympics in London falls outside the Barnett Formula for allocating shares of spending across the UK, so does not see knock-on extra funds going to the devolved administrations. It also argued that Scotland should benefit from higher North Sea oil tax revenues.
The formal agenda for the meeting, which will also involve representatives from the Welsh and Northern Ireland administrations, includes discussions on energy and marine conservation. In most cases, if the Treasury says no, then that remains the answer.
BBC Scotland's Westminster correspondent David Porter believes Mr Salmond will pick his arguments carefully. But Alex Salmond and his counterparts from Wales and Northern Ireland believe what they have won at the first meeting of the JMC for six years is a recognition of a need for an arbitration system.
He said: "I think we will get agreement on things like energy and the marine bill. The meeting was chaired by UK Justice Secretary Jack Straw.
"Where he will have concerns is what he sees as high fuel prices and where the revenues from oil and gas are going." Both sides said the meeting was "courteous and frank".