‘A SNP MSP has claimed an independent Scotland could guarantee a couple with children a minimum income of more than £37,000 a year,’ the Daily Record reported breathlessly this week, as it covered the SNP’s latest plans for an independent Scotland.
Then came the clincher: ‘Neil Gray admits the plans have not been costed.’
Neil Gray is an SNP MSP and deputy convenor of the party’s Social Justice and Fairness Commission, which has published its final report: A Route Map to a Fair Independent Scotland.
One of the report’s key recommendations is for a pilot of a minimum income guarantee.
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