SNP leader seeks to cement clear lead in the polls with manifesto she calls her ‘job application’ for May’s Holyrood electionsNicola Sturgeon has dampened her supporters’ hopes of a quick moment vote on Scottish independence as she admitted that future tax rises could be needed to fund the country’s stretched public services.
The Scottish National party leader disclosed she could raise income tax revenues by freezing tax thresholds,reversing her current policy of cutting taxes for higher earners after she decided to link tax rates to inflation, so raising the threshold for 40p tax payers.
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Source: theguardian.com