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SCOTTISH Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has pledged to continue her fight against austerity and to expose the SNP despite being punished at last month’s Holyrood elections.
The party tabled a motion in the Scottish parliament on Thursday afternoon to introduce a 50p top rate of tax for those earning over £150,000.
The policy is aimed at wealth redistribution and alleviating spending cuts to public services when Holyrood is granted its new taxation powers in 2017.
The new Scottish Parliament looks set to continue a cycle of managerial tinkering while public services face the axe, writes STEPHEN LOW
RICHARD BURGON MP points to the recent relative success of widespread opposition to the Labour leadership’s regressive policies as the blueprint for exacting the changes required to build a fairer society
Ahead of next year’s parliamentary elections, ROZ FOYER warns that a bold tax policy is needed to rebuild devastated public services which can serve as the foundation of a strong, fair economy