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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 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".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.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.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."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.""Well that record disgraces this nation and it constrains its future."
Other announcements included;Other announcements included;
What was Kezia Dugdale trying to tell us?
By BBC Scotland political editor Brian Taylor
Kezia Dugdale arrived on stage with the single word "Change" projected in gigantic letters above her on a strident crimson screen.
I think she was trying to tell us something.
And what is the change she is seeking to effect?
It is this. She would prefer, on balance, all things considered, that more folk vote for her party. Taking account of every factor, she would rather avoid another gubbing.
Her speech was an intriguing balance of passion and control, delivered mostly without rhetorical devices and in a style which suggested sorrow at Scotland's - and Labour's - plight rather than fury.
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Ms Dugdale said with new powers heading to Holyrood, it was now time to "make different choices".
She told her conference: "It's not good enough anymore to have leaders who congratulate themselves on managing the status quo, to have ministers who are campaigning when they should be governing.
"Real financial responsibility means we can make different choices but it doesn't mean that these will always be easy choices."
The politician said she wanted Scottish Labour to be "out ahead" and be the party of progress "not bumper stickers and T-shirt slogans".
Ms Dugdale believed the SNP was making the "kind of mistakes we did" when Labour dominated Scottish politics.
She said: "At first minister's questions, whatever issue I raise, the response has been the same complacent answer - look at our poll ratings.
"Friends, in a modern democracy we need a government in Scotland that spends more time explaining itself and less time congratulating itself."
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Five young people - attending the Scottish Labour conference in Perth - tell BBC Scotland political reporter Philip Sim (@BBCPhilipSim) what's making them stick and not quit.