Banffshire and Buchan Coast MSP condemns UK Government’s ‘Union Tax’
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Karen Adam MSP has welcomed the Scottish Government’s 2021/2022 Programme for Government as a strong plan to begin the recovery from the pandemic for Banffshire and Buchan Coast while condemning the UK government’s plans to hike taxes in Scotland to pay for health and social care in England.
The First Minister unveiled the Government’s programme for the next year to MSPs yesterday saying that “a better Scotland - as part of a better world - is waiting to be built”.
The Programme for Government focussed on building a greener, fairer country for all individuals and families in Scotland, and offering the people of our country an informed choice on Scotland’s future.
This was backed by commitments to invest at least £1.8 billion to make Scotland’s homes and buildings more efficient and easier to heat, doubling the Scottish Child Payment as quickly as possible and restarting work on a detailed prospectus for an Independent Scotland.
Commenting, Karen Adam MSP said: “The policy programme released yesterday from the Scottish Government has clear commitments to deliver a better life for people across Moray and Aberdeenshire, particularly with the commitment to investing £500 million across the north-east region and Moray.
“It addresses the challenges that the last 18 months has left us with and it has the ambition needed to rebuild a better country as we recover.
“The recovery and remobilisation of our health services is undoubtably a top priority for people across Banffshire and Buchan Coast so the SNP Government’s commitment to a minimum of £2.5 billion more on frontline health spending will be particularly welcome news.
“We have seen that we have an SNP Government with the ambition needed to help build a better Scotland, and most of all, taking the action needed to make that ambition a reality.
"Compare that to the UK government who have recently announced plans to hike taxes in Scotland to pay for health and social care in England.
“The SNP Scottish Government’s prospectus will also offer the people of Scotland the choice we deserve over our future as we have a tale of two governments.
"A Scottish Government investing in Scotland’s future, while we have a UK government introducing a union tax on the people of Scotland."
