Lib Dems Ponder End to 'Tartan Tax'

The Scotsman › July 03, 2006

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A PLEDGE to cut the basic rate of income tax by two pence in the pound could be the centrepiece of the Liberal Democrats' 2007 Holyrood election manifesto.

Nicol Stephen, the party's Scottish leader, is studying plans to produce a "pro-enterprise" party platform, which is also likely to include a promise to make further reductions in business rates.

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Lib Dems Ponder End to 'Tartan Tax'

Lib Dem party sources last night stressed that the plans to cut the "tartan tax" - which will cost at least GBP 500 million a year - were at an early...

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