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Scottish Labour leadership hopefuls Monica Lennon and Anas Sarwar reveal tax hike plans

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Scottish Labour’s leadership contenders have revealed that they could push for income tax rises.Hopefuls Monica Lennon and Anas Sarwar broke the news while debating their political stances on BBC's The Nine programme on Monday.Ms Lennon said any changes would be part of an overall review while Mr Sarwar claimed he wanted to bring in more money to the public purse by increasing the amount paid by top earners.He added: “I think we need a progressive tax system where we get the powers we need to do a progressive tax system.“I think people can, in that top bracket, pay more.”The Glasgow MSP suggested a five percent tax rise for those earning more than £150,000 a year and two percent for those over £100,000.Ms Lennon said there needed to be a.

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