Scots will be hit by the return of peak rail fares, the increase of minimum unit pricing and the hiking of the energy price cap.
Scots are today facing a triple whammy of price increases with rail fares, booze prices and energy bills set to soar.
ScotRail users will be hammered by the reintroduction of peak rail fares from this morning. Commuters will see a sharp increase in the price of their ticket if they travel on a ScotRail service before 9.30am or from 4.30-6pm on weekdays. Gas and electricity prices will skyrocket this week as the energy price cap increases. On Tuesday prices will go up by 10 per cent. This means that people using an average amount of gas and electricity will pay £1,717 a year adding £149 onto the average household bill.
"After 17 years of the SNP our NHS is on its knees and MUP being labelled as a positive action to combat addiction is at best misguided and at worst downright lazy as it ignores the real issue of why so many people are living with addiction and how to help them. He continued: "A good start from the new Labour government would be to reverse its decision to cut the Winter Fuel Allowance and help protect struggling pensioners.
"There is an alternative. The UK has the money, it’s just being hoarded by a tiny minority. We can tax the rich and use that money to build our country up rather than cut it down. Labour and the SNP are trying to pretend they don’t have a choice here, but that simply isn’t the case.”
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