Lords Committee says Barnett Formula arbitrary and unfair – UK Parliament https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/news-by-year/2009/07/lords-committee-says-barnett-formula-arbitrary-and-unfair/
The House of Lords Committee on the Barnett Formula has today labelled the Formula 'arbitrary and unfair' and recommended it should be replaced by a system that recognises changing population levels and the differing economic needs of the devolved nations
The Committee have concluded that there should be a link