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Parliamentary Inquiry into Amazon

in Public Campaigns

There are some very large organisations that have benefited significantly from the pandemic and we should be looking to them in order to fund some of our fiscal stimulus needs going forward. The SNP supported a digital services tax brought in on April 1 2020. It levied 2% from search engines, social media firms and […]

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Coronavirus and the impact on benefit sanctions

in Helpful Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources, Westminster

The issue of benefit sanctions and income security while self-isolating due to potential exposure to Coronavirus was brought up in Prime Minister’s Questions by SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford. The SNP has called on the Prime Minister to provide emergency legislation to protect workers’ rights and ensure people receiving Universal Credit do not face sanctions […]

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