Poll released after party’s manifesto launch suggests Scottish Labour could slip to third for first time since 1910Scottish Labour’s manifesto launch setting out plans to heavily tax the wealthy has been overshadowed by a poll suggesting Labour could arrive third behind the Tories in Scottish elections for the first time in more than a century.
Kezia Dugdale,the Scottish Labour leader, said her party’s plan to raise income tax to 50p for the wealthiest earners represented the “big choice” facing voters on 5 May, and she claimed the Scottish National party would need to gain cuts of 3bn.
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Source: theguardian.com