LibDem manifesto would mean extra £1.5bn for Scotland, says Cole-Hamilton

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : Ed Davey put a £9.4bn-a-year package for the NHS and social care in England at the heart of his party's general election manifesto, funded by a tax raid on banks and the super-rich.
62% : But at the core of the Lib Dems' pitch to voters is the package of health and care pledges in England.
59% : On political reform, Davey told the launch his party would end the first-past-the-post voting system in favour of "fair votes with proportional representation".
58% : Moreover, there are clear risks that their package of tax measures would not raise the £27bn a year that they claim.
54% : The UK Liberal Democrats have launched their manifesto with a pledge to take the UK back into the European Single Market and hike taxes by nearly £27bn to fund major investments into health, social care and public services.
54% : 'LibDem election success would mean extra £1.5bn for Scotland', says leader'The leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats said a win for his party across the UK would represent a "big positive" investment in Scotland.Cole-Hamilton said Davey's policies money would result in an extra £1.5bn in public spending north of the border.
50% : "Once ties of trust and friendship have been renewed and the damage the Conservatives have caused to trade between the UK and EU has begun to be repaired, we would aim to place the UK-EU relationship on a more formal and stable footing by seeking to join the single market," the manifesto reads.

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