Highest taxes in the UK ; Scots workers could be hit by levels not seen since dark days of 1970s [Scot Region]

Daily Mail (June 12, 2009)

Author: Alan Roden

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SCOTTISH workers could face the highest tax levels in the UK under a plan to give Holyrood unprecedented new powers.

A key commission investigating Scotland's constitutional future believes ministers should be able to set income tax as high as they want.

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Highest taxes in the UK ; Scots workers could be hit by levels not seen since dark days of 1970s [Scot Region]

Prime Minister Gordon Brown is said to be 'very warm' to the contentious idea, despite concerns among business leaders.

The move would mean that, for the first time, Scottish ministers...

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