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THE 10 richest people in Scotland have seen their wealth increase as ordinary people continue to suffer the effects of government spending cuts.
Their fortunes have increased by 9 per cent over the last year, taking their combined wealth to £14.71 billion, according to this year’s Sunday Times Rich List.
The Grant-Gordon whisky family is the richest in Scotland, with a fortune of £2.37bn — up £210 million since last year.
The 2025 Budget shores up the PM’s political position with headline-grabbing welfare U-turns, but with no improvements on offer to declining public services or living standards, writes MICHAEL BURKE
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