Dugdale pledges to restore tax credits in Scotland

Kezia Dugdale today promised that a Scottish Labour Government would use new powers for Scotland bring back tax credits.

Scottish Labour would not implement the Tories’ plans to change the tax bracket for high earners, which would mean a tax cut for many on good salaries, or the SNP’s tax cuts for airlines – and no new tax rises will be needed to fund the tax credits.

Dugdale will make her stance clear in her keynote speech as leader to Scottish Labour conference in Perth today, saying that “with the real powers that are coming to the Scottish Parliament comes a real chance to change things.”

She will say:

“Before the UK elections our opponents said there was no difference between  Labour and the Tories. 

“I hope they can see the difference now:

“A Labour government introduced tax credits, a Tory government cut them.

“At the Scottish elections if people ask what is the difference between a Scottish Labour government and an SNP government this is the difference:

“A Scottish Labour Government will restore tax credits. 

“An SNP Government, left to their own devices, would leave the Tory cuts in place.”