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2024-04-24 19:11:26 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

The figures quoted have been cherry picked from a much larger study. It has been shown that around 1000 of the highest taxpayers left Scotland leaving a deficit of £61m in tax receipts. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/04/24/more-than-1000-higher-rate-taxpayers-flee-scotland-hikes/#:~:text=More%20than%201%2C000%20top%20earners%20flee%20Scotland%20after%20tax%20rises&text=A%20paper%20by%20UK%20government,in%20tax%20receipts%20that%20year.

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• The figures quoted have been cherry picked from a much larger study. It has been shown that around 1000 of the highest taxpayers left Scotland leaving a deficit of £61m in tax receipts. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/04/24/more-than-1000-higher-rate-taxpayers-flee-scotland-hikes/#:~:text=More%20than%201%2C000%20top%20earners%20flee%20Scotland%20after%20tax%20rises&text=A%20paper%20by%20UK%20government,in%20tax%20receipts%20that%20year.