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The Scottish Finance and Economy Secretary has published the Scottish government’s response to the announcements made by the Chancellor in the Spring Statement 2022 noting that the UK government failed to properly tackle soaring living costs. The Secretary criticised the UK government’s decision not to match the Scottish government’s 6% uprate on social security benefits and Scotland’s 19% starter rate of income tax below the basic rate.
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