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| Scottish Labour would raise tax for 'top earners' to pay for education plan | Scottish Labour would raise tax for 'top earners' to pay for education plan |
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| Scotland's Labour leader Kezia Dugdale said her party would raise taxes for higher earners to pay for improvements to education. | Scotland's Labour leader Kezia Dugdale said her party would raise taxes for higher earners to pay for improvements to education. |
| She also told her party conference in Perth that a Labour government at Holyrood would reverse tax credit changes affecting working families. | She also told her party conference in Perth that a Labour government at Holyrood would reverse tax credit changes affecting working families. |
| Ms Dugdale insisted "ordinary" tax payers need not pay more for her plans. | Ms Dugdale insisted "ordinary" tax payers need not pay more for her plans. |
| She said her education proposals would be paid for by asking those "very top earners" to pay "a bit more tax". | She said her education proposals would be paid for by asking those "very top earners" to pay "a bit more tax". |
| The MSP outlined the party's "Fair Start Fund" which would be linked to every child from a poorer family. | |
| The money would not be handed out by councils but would be sent direct to schools and controlled by the teachers and head teachers "who know their schools best". | |
| She made the announcement after criticising the SNP administration at Holyrood. | |
| Ms Dugdale said: "I say to the SNP after eight years in charge - I will judge you on your record. And I will judge you above all on your record on education. | |
| "Every child you have left behind, well that neglect offends this Labour movement. Every single one of the 6,000 children, who has left a Scottish primary school this year, on your watch, first minister, unable to read properly. | |
| "Well that record disgraces this nation and it constrains its future." | |
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