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Member

Speaking in the House of Commons on 10 December 2024

Debate

Finance Bill

Contribution

If the Labour party does not care about the jobs that will be cost by this policy, the harm it will do to our prospects for a just transition or the damage to the Scottish economy, surely it can see that a tax increase that reeks of incoherent desperation and reduces tax receipts to the tune of £12 billion is, at the very least, suboptimal. I do not expect the Government to take it from me, but they might want to pay attention to the first one heading for the door, Apache, which said:

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