The SNP leader used an interview with the BBC to call on the next UK Government to follow Holyrood's example and make higher earners pay more tax.
John Swinney has said he would hike taxes if he became Prime Minister in order to plug an £18bn blackhole in public spending.
In an interview with Nick Robinson for BBC Panoroma, Swinney was asked what he would do differently to make up the shortfall in public finances. "You’ve increased taxes so much that according to the tax man, the HMRC, 1000 higher earners have left Scotland." He added: "For people who are teachers or police officers, the difference in tax is very limited, but of course there are other benefits, like the fact that people in Scotland don’t pay for university tuition, or that they don’t pay for prescriptions or that they have generally a council tax payment that’s about £500, £600 lower than if they were living in England.
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