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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Pa Scotland Political Staff

Nicola Sturgeon: Mini-budget is disaster it would be wrong to follow

PA Wire

Scotland’s First Minister has described No 10 plans to boost economic growth as a “catastrophic disaster”, saying the Scottish Government following suit would be the “wrong thing to do”.

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announced a swathe of measures to tackle inflation and drive growth on Friday, including scrapping the top rate of income tax, cutting the basic rate to 19p in the pound and scrapping the cap on banker’s bonuses.

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