We also see a potential impact on Barnett consequential funding in Scotland as a result of staff cuts (eg, in ticket offices) which would reduce budgets in Scotland and may lead the Scottish Government to cut rail funding as a way to maintain its focus on its declared 2 Page 42, Williams Shapps Plan for Rail available to download from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/great-british-railways-williams-shapps-plan-for-rail 3 Page 25, Williams Shapps Plan for Rail 4 Page 41, Williams Shapps Plan for Rail 5 See Page 36, Williams Shapps Plan for Rail at: Page 4 of 6 priority areas of education and health.