SCOTTISH Labour blasted Holyrood yesterday for failing to tax the rich as official figures revealed that income inequality has increased in Scotland.

According to Scottish government data for 2014/15 the richest 10 per cent of Scots now have more income than the poorest 40 per cent combined. This is increase of a tenth on the previous year.

Despite this windfall for the wealthy, however, Scotland’s SNP government has refused to back Scottish Labour’s plans to introduce a 50p tax rate for the richest 1 per cent, which the party says could be used to invest in public services.