An SNP blueprint to improve social justice suggests decriminalising drugs, creating new land taxes and eradicating child poverty.
The report, co-written by Dundee MSP Shona Robison , sets out a range of plans on welfare, employment, public finance and immigration.
Conservatives branded it an un-costed wish list while Labour said key improvements could have been made years ago using the Scottish Parliament’s existing powers .Among the proposals by the Social Justice and Fairness Commission is the reheated recommendation to move away from council tax – a pledge first made by the SNP in 2007.This time, the party suggests shifting the balance […]
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