The Scottish government has raised income tax rates to generate additional revenue for public services, but many workers are questioning the sustainability of this approach.
How we maintain public services in an age of shrinking budgets is one of the most important political questions of our age. It’s in everyone’s interests the NHS can continue to function and schools deliver the high standards expected of them.
But the situation is now that anyone earning £28,000 or above in Scotland now pays more tax than if they lived elsewhere in the UK. That’s more than one million workers. Hate law a mess Most sensible people want to see robust laws in place to deal with hate crime. Attacking people - physically or verbally - just because of their race, religion or sexuality should be a crime.
Police Scotland insisting it will investigate every single complaint – no matter how ridiculous – while other crimes are ignored has angered many. The recording of “non-crime hate incidents” has also raised serious questions about freedom of speech.
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