Patrick Harvie and the Scottish Green Party are backing the SNP’s budget in return for money for more environmentally friendly infrastructure projects COLIN HATTERSLEY/PAThe tax bills of middle and high-income earning Scots will rise more than expected after an SNP-Green deal on the budget. The Scottish Greens agreed to back the Scottish government budget in return for tax rises, more money for local government and more environmentally friendly infrastructure projects. The deal will allow Derek Mackay, the finance secretary, to get his budget through Holyrood, despite the SNP running a minority administration. It will mean yet more financial pain for some taxpayers. The changes forced on the government by the Greens will now mean an extra income tax…

Source: The Times February 01, 2018 00:03 UTC