Responding to Alex Salmond’s comments on the reintroduction of the 50p tax rate, Labour’s Shadow Scottish Secretary, Margaret Curran MP, said:
“Tonight Alex Salmond made clear whose side he is on. He’s with George Osborne - siding with millionaires instead of hard-working Scots. Labour would reintroduce the 50p tax rate because we believe those with the broadest shoulders should bear more of the burden for reducing the deficit.
"And just like Alex Salmond won’t give a straight answer to ordinary Scots about the currency, he won’t tell them which of their schools and hospitals he would cut to give big companies and millionaires lower taxes in a separate Scotland.”
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