John Swinney has used his budget statement to announce an increase to income tax for the highest earners, a freeze in business rates and the scrapping of funding for another independence referendum.
The Deputy First Minister and temporary Finance Secretary published his draft budget on Thursday- in what he said was the “most turbulent economic and financial context most people can remember”.
The announcements came in a budget statement that was delayed following a leak of the government's tax plans to the BBC.
