SUNDAY MAIL EXCLUSIVE: Ian Murray has accused the SNP of hammering Scottish workers with higher tax to pay the price for their incompetence rather than improve public services.
The MP set to become Scotland’s most influential Labour cabinet minister was banging doors on the campaign trail as SNP top brass partied at the Euros.
“While I am hugely disappointed not to be in Munich with the rest of the 200,000 Tartan Army foot soldiers, the chance to get into government and improve the lives of millions of Scottish people is a much greater goal for me at the moment.” He said: “The Conservatives have responded to the worst cost of living crisis in a generation by giving people the highest tax burden in 80 years, and the Scottish Government has then stepped in and said ‘hold my beer’ before put tax up even higher and making the situation even worse.
The additional sum rises from £10 extra at the lowest end and rises to £1,542 more for those on £50,000 a year, while those on a £150,000 salary pay £6,000 extra. “The promises that the SNP made to get themselves across the line in previous elections are now coming home to roost because people are having to pay more tax to fill black holes they created in budgets, when what people want is for their taxes to fill potholes in the roads.”
“We want to see this tax burden lessened and we will only be able to do that when we have the economy stabilised and growing and the fruits of that should then be seen in investment in our public services, and in the pockets of workers - you can’t tax your way to growth.”
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