Record View says the Scottish Government must hold their nerve and ensure those with the broadest shoulders pay their way
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Budget was the most savage set of tax and spending announcements in decades.
The Scottish Government will next month reveal its own budget and every indication is it will be one of the toughest of all time. Rampant inflation will eat into the budget and the demand by public sector workers for fair wage increases will add to the pressure. Top news stories today It is specifically looking at increasing the number of well-off taxpayers who pay the 46p top rate of income tax. This would be done by lowering the threshold from £150,000 to £125,000 – as the UK Government announced on Thursday.
Horror stories of Scots left waiting hours for paramedics to attend are becoming more and more common.
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