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Hike taxes to fund measures to stop climate chaos, new report urges
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TAXES should be hiked to fund measures to tackle the climate crisis, according to a new report.
The study from Stop Climate Chaos Scotland (SCCS), a coalition of 60 civil society organisations, looks at how public finances can do more to help Scotland meet its climate goals.
The report recommends measures that include increasing income tax revenue to fund action on climate change and said that rises should fall mostly on higher and top-rate taxpayers.
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