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Russell Findlay: \u2018helping hard-pressed Scots\u2019<\/p>\n
Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay today promised to wipe \u00a3500 off pensioners\u2019 tax bills as one of a number of policies to help \u2018hard-pressed\u2019 Scots.<\/p>\n
Mr Findlay, who told the party faithful today that he feared the \u201cliving nightmare\u201d of SNP leader John Swinney calling another independence referendum, has also promised income tax cuts and lower business rates.<\/p>\n
He warned that an outright win for the nationalists would lead to \u201cconstitutional chaos\u201d with Mr Swinney pushing his independence obsession at the expense of the public\u2019s priorities, including the cost of living and fixing crumbling public services.<\/p>\n
The Scottish Conservative leader said that helping struggling Scots should be the top issue in the election.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen Sir Keir Starmer came into office, one of the first things he did was snatch Winter Fuel Payments from pensioners. Shameful,\u201d said Mr Findlay.<\/p>\n
\u201cPensioners who have worked hard and paid into the system having their money swiped by a left-wing millionaire lawyer.\u201d<\/p>\n
Under the policy, pensioners would be able to claim back the first \u00a3500 they pay in tax on their pension income. This figure would then be triple-locked, increasing in line with earnings, inflation or 2% \u2013 whichever figure is highest.<\/p>\n
The pension income tax relief scheme is one of several tax-cutting pledges in the Scottish Conservative manifesto to ease household cost-of-living pressures and stimulate economic growth.<\/p>\n
The fully costed manifesto outlines that the tax cuts would be funded by reductions in benefits spending and public sector bureaucracy.<\/p>\n
\u201cJohn Swinney has been crystal clear. He will use an SNP majority to press ahead with his plan to hold a second divisive referendum on breaking up our country,\u201d said Mr Findlay.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlready, he\u2019s arrogantly predicting an outright victory on May 7 \u2013 a majority of Holyrood seats.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow he has gone a step further.\u00a0He\u2019s set the date for his independence referendum. He said 2028 is his \u2018expectation\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCan you imagine the living nightmare if John Swinney gets his majority and gets his way?\u00a0We cannot allow him to plunge the next parliament into constitutional chaos.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we prevent an SNP majority, we can stop John Swinney from pressing ahead with his plans for a referendum. We can spend the next five years focused on the issues that matter to people.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery vote for the Scottish Conservatives on the peach-coloured ballot paper will help us stop the SNP.<\/p>\n
\u201cRuth Davidson stopped an SNP majority in 2016, Douglas Ross stopped an SNP majority in 2021.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn both of those elections, that\u2019s because people across Scotland backed us with their peach ballot paper.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to do it again.\u201d<\/p>\n
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