Scotland should use its tax-varying powers to drop its income tax rate below that of the UK’s in what would be an “innovative” move, a Scotland Office minister has said.
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  Scotland should use its tax-varying powers to drop its income tax rate below that of the UK’s in what would be an “innovative” move, a Scotland Office minister has said.  
     
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