FINANCE Secretary Shona Robison has said there have been “no decisions” made yet regarding raising taxes at the next Budget.
The Deputy First Minister told the Sunday Show that while the Scottish Government is taking a “progressive” approach to taxation, that due to the cost-of-living crisis they are approaching any further hikes with “caution”.
“But we have to counter that, of course, with the cost of living situation and pressure that households are under and that's why “That’s why I convened a group of tax experts to really look in the round about what a fair taxation system going forward looks like. She said; “Well, let me be clear, no decisions have been made at all yet about any changes to taxation.
“First of all, those pressures on household budgets, and of course, we'll be absolutely transparent with our proposals once we have finalised them.” “So some of that will be because of growth. So we've seen Social Security Scotland grow because it is delivering more benefits and more support, the Ukraine programme grew because we had to create a UK programme and bring people in to support that.
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