Joanna Strathdee, SNP

SNP PPC (Aberdeen North),

Joanna Strathdee's endorsement & reply

"The Scottish National Party (SNP) has a proud record of campaigning for

fair taxation. We passionately believe that taxation should be based on

the ability to pay, and have pursued that principle at every opportunity".

"The SNP plan to go further – we want to scrap the unfair and discredited

Council Tax altogether, replacing it with a local income tax that will be

based on the ability to pay. Doing so would mean low and middle income

people would be between £300 and £480 a year better off, and 90,000 people

in Scotland, including 10,000 children, would be lifted out of relative

poverty. In all, four out of five households will be better or no worse

off".

Kristian Chapman, Lib Dem

Lib Dem PPC (Aberdeen North),

Kristian Chapman's reply

"Many thanks for your email. I am in full agreement that the tax system in the UK is simply unfair. I, as a Liberal Democrat, fully support the tax policies outlined in our manifesto which will raise the threshold to £10000, close the loopholes for the wealthy and private corporations and start taxing the banks, not the people. At the moment, the poorest 1/5th of our society pays a greater percentage of their income in tax than the wealthiest 1/5th, this is a national disgrace in my opinion. We need a serious reform of our tax system, not minor adjustments that favour the wealthy. We can not make it out of this recession without restoring fairness to the heart of our politics and our economy and that is what the Liberal Democrats are determined to do".

Kindest Regards

Kristian Chapman