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Evening Standard
Katrine Bussey

John Swinney under fire over ‘smallest tax cut in history’ after Scottish Budget

Russell Findlay challenged the First Minister over ‘miserly’ and ‘insulting’ cuts in income tax for lower earners (Jane Barlow/PA) -

John Swinney has been pressed over whether this week’s Scottish Budget gives some workers the “smallest tax cut in history” – with Tory leader Russell Findlay branding the reduction “miserly” and “insulting”.

The Scottish Conservative leader challenged the First Minister after Tuesday’s Holyrood Budget effectively cut taxes for lower earners, by increasing the threshold for the basic and intermediate bands of income tax.

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