Scottish Budget RECAP: Scottish Government confirms no limit to council tax rises in 2023/24
John Swinney is to outline the Scottish government's tax and spending plans for the next year – but has faced a delay in doing so after the Scottish Parliament’s Presiding Officer delayed the start of the Scottish Government’s Budget announcement.
Scotland’s Deputy First Minister has announced an increase to income tax for the highest earners and scrapped funding for another independence referendum in next year’s budget.
John Swinney published the draft budget on Thursday, against what he said was the “most turbulent economic and financial context most people can remember”, saying an increase to the highest rates of income tax in Scotland would allow for an extra £1 billion in spending on health and social care.
He said standard and basic rates of tax would not change.
Here’s a recap of how the day unfolded.