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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Craig Meighan

Quangos bonfire and 100,000 new jobs pitched in Tom Hunter’s Holyrood manifesto

Sir Tom Hunter said Scotland has been held back by taxes and red tape (Jane Barlow/PA) - (PA Archive)

More than 100,000 new jobs could be created under proposals for sweeping reforms to Scotland’s tax, energy and planning systems, one of the country’s top business leaders has said.

Sir Tom Hunter claimed plans laid out in his manifesto for the country could add up to £20.2 billion to the Scottish economy in the next five years.

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