Labour's new economic measures will help Scotland
Jim Murphy, Alistair Darling and Iain Gray all comment on Labour's new economic measures. For more details of how the measures benefit Scotland, click here.

Alistair Darling, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has launched a massive range of measures to help families, business and the economy through these extraordinary financial times.
Alistair Darling said: “The Government has set out a programme that takes immediate action to meet short term priorities to support individuals, business and the economy with a balanced fiscal programme that sets out a stable and sustainable future for Scotland."
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Jim Murphy MP said: "Today's measures are proof this government is taking decisive action to protect businesses, both small and large, jobs, homes and our future stability and prosperity.
"This means the average Scottish family will better off. It will see a £600 increase in the income tax personal allowance is made permanent with a further rise in the future as well as increases in Child Benefit and the basic state pension."
Iain Gray MSP said: "On a day the Labour government is cutting taxes to stimulate the economy and help the low paid, the SNP are pushing ahead with their much criticised plans to make Scotland the highest taxed part of the UK with their LIT proposals.
"While Alex Salmond and his administration have failed to act to boost the Scottish economy their proposals do not and will not make a difference, Labour is bringing forward capital investment of £3bn.
"We have been calling on the SNP to act but they have failed to do this during the recent crisis. They cannot bring capital investment forward because they are hidebound by their unworkable Scottish Futures Trust. They should drop it now and get on with the investment which will deliver schools and hospitals and protect much-needed construction jobs."
"The Labour government has provided a £20bn fiscal boost, cut VAT, increased personal allowances on income tax for the lowest paid and agreed a three month moratorium on repossessions and funding for free debt advice. Meanwhile the SNP have stubbornly refused our demands to act on protection for Scots facing repossession of their homes.
"Almost 300,000 small and medium businesses in Scotland will benefit from measures to increase the capital and cash flow they require."
"This pre-budget boost comes on the back of the Labour government's £37bn investment to save the Scottish financial sector a month ago which has been further boosted by £100bn special liquidity fund for the banking sector.
"Of course, Scotland will quite rightly have to tighten its public finances in line with the rest of the UK, but the immediate injection of cash into the economy is needed now to ensure the recession is as shallow and short as possible."








