Almost nine out of 10 Scottish households take more from the public purse than they contribute in taxes thanks to a “rotten system” of state patronage, the Tory party conference will hear on Monday.
Ruth Davidson, the Scottish Conservative leader, is to highlight official
figures showing that only 283,080 households north of the border – 12 per
cent of the total – pay more in tax than they receive in public services.
She will tell delegates that, because the public sector is seen as the key
provider of everything from housing to employment, state spending now
accounts for more than half Scotland’s wealth.
She will blame Alex Salmond, the SNP First Minister, and his Labour
predecessors for nurturing a “corrosive sense of entitlement” among voters
that has prevented her party making a comeback in Scotland.
Miss Davidson will argue this Left-wing “stranglehold” suits Labour and the
SNP but has made it difficult for the Tories as so many voters are reliant
on the public sector for their household income.-[Full Article]
