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Scottish Labour's shadow health secretary Monica Lennon
SCOTTISH LABOUR would enact a “social responsibility levy” to tackle alcohol and drugs misuse, shadow health secretary Monica Lennon announced at the party’s annual conference today.
Referencing the ongoing drugs crisis in host city Dundee, which has the highest number of narcotic-related deaths in Europe, Ms Lennon said she would use powers under the Alcohol Scotland Act 2010 to raise revenue for investment in tackling health inequalities.
Scottish Labour research found that a levy of £0.022 per unit of alcohol could raise more than £100 million a year.
Labour will find increases in the state pension age are unacceptable, just as cuts to the Winter Fuel Allowance, personal independence payments and universal credit are — it needs to change direction immediately, writes PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE
