Dan Neidle

“£432m”

“£246m”

“£238m”

“the tax break could cost as much as £12.4bn – which would need to be funded by tax hikes elsewhere.”

“McDonald’s would save as much as £432m under the changes, while pub owner Mitchells & Butlers and Premier Inn owner Whitbread could gain £246m and £238m respectively.”

“Scottish government’s decision to raise the top rate of income tax to 48 per cent has seen tax receipts decline.”

“Data from 2024-25 suggested that this has cost the Scottish government £22m.”

“On his website Tax Policy Associates, Neidle claimed that the £22m was a 'conservative estimate' and may rise to about £30m.”

“Given the Government spends over £150billion each year on pensioner benefits, blocking even just the wealthiest one per cent from pensions would raise over £1billion. It seems a slam dunk.”