Scotland widens higher earner tax gap with rest of UK, raises public pay
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EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Scotland's pro-independence devolved government announced tax relief on Wednesday for lower earners and steady pressure on higher earners in 2019/2020, funding higher public spending per head than in the rest of Britain.Scotland's tax powers mean it can decline to pass on tax relief for higher earners which was approved by Britain's Conservative national government in October.In this way Scotland's finance secretary Derek Mackay will fund an "inflation-busting" public..