CONCERNS that Westminster is "short-changing" Scotland over major projects, including the London Olympics, will be raised with UK ministers.
The complaint is expected to form part of discussions at a meeting of devolved administrations and the UK government tomorrow.
The joint ministerial committee, led by Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, will convene in London for the first
time in six years.
Alex Salmond, the First Minister, is expected to raise spending concerns, high fuel prices and North Sea oil and gas revenue. A Scottish Government spokesman said: "There are issues of difference shared across devolved institutions, like the way that the London Olympics is short-changing Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland."
The complex Barnett Formula is used to allocate shares of money across the UK, but does not apply to the Olympics, the spokesman said. He also said the formula was not applied to plans for new jails in England, which he claimed could have gained Scotland £120 million.
Mr Salmond has urged Westminster to set up a Scottish oil fund. He wrote to Alistair Darling, the Chancellor, asking him to reconsider the introduction of a fuel duty regulator to minimise the impact of rising prices.
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