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Scottish Service Tax

Warnings of Council Tax debt ‘explosion’ prompt calls for change

CAS has issued a stark warning about a 2021 Council Tax debt ‘explosion’ in Scotland. It’s time to scrap the regressive Council Tax. […]

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3 January 2021
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Redistributive Taxation – making the most of Devolution

by Calum Martin, SSP National Co-Chair The Scottish Parliament was supposed to provide the ways and means to bring forward a new Scotland. Ours is a wealthy, productive nation, but it becomes more unequal daily. Workers create that wealth, yet it is skewed by a system rigged for the rich. Inflation bites deep into workers […]

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27 March 2018
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Fox Slams “HOLYROOD POLITICIANS BUBBLE” Tax Document

SSP national spokesman Colin Fox has sharply criticised the SNP government tax consultation as part of a discussion based on a Holyrood politicians bubble. He said: “This consultation exposes the failure of both the SNP government and its opponents to come to terms with public service cuts, huge levels of underemployment, poverty pay levels, chronic […]

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2 November 2017
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BUILD MASS DEFIANCE OF TORY CUTS

by Richie Venton The thousands who join the Scotland United Against Austerity rally this Saturday, 20 June, in Glasgow’s George Square will be united in sending a simple, stark message to the Tories: you have no mandate to rule and ruin Scotland, and we’re not going to lie down and accept your butchery! Only 10 […]

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17 June 2015
£10 Now! Richie Venton Scottish Service Tax strike action STUC Trade Unions

DEFY ALL CUTS: there IS an alternative!

by Richie Venton  The councillors of Scotland are poised to vote YES to another bout of municipal butchery. Council budgets are about to be set across the country, for the next 1-3 years. The common thread in all 32 council areas is cuts: cuts to jobs, cuts to vital services, cuts to the conditions of […]

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28 January 2015
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Funding free public transport

This article is a brief summary of the startup and running costs, of implementing the Scottish Socialist Party’s flagship free public transport policy. Cost of public ownership The Glasgow Underground and Lothian Buses are already in the public sector, though they would need to be re-organised. The three major targets for public ownership would be […]

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12 March 2013
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