The SNP's economy spokesperson at Westminster Alison Thewliss has hit out at the Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt
To govern is to choose. On Thursday, the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, will present his Autumn Statement to Parliament.
If the Chancellor chooses not to increase universal credit, other benefits and pensions with inflation, he won’t feel the pain of having to stretch his money further as prices of everyday goods in the shops soar. The UK Government faces the choice to support people in the face of the soaring cost of living that they helped to create, or to look the other way and pretend that we are all in this together and all affected equally. This is demonstrably untrue.
In the US and in Canada, this has been recognised with a tax levied on share buy backs. The think-tank the IPPR suggest that this short-term windfall tax could raise £11 billion – no small contribution to Government coffers, which would give the Chancellor options other than slashing public services and hammering those who are already struggling.
Time to reflect Remembrance events give us all time to reflect. In my own family, my Gran was the only person to serve in the Second World War, in the Women and Royal Naval Service.
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