Minister bites back after SNP's McDonald asks for £500 thank-you payment: Watch taxes in Scotland!

The armed forces “will do whatever is needed” to make sure the Covid-19 vaccine reaches every part of the UK, the defence secretary said.

SNP defence spokesman Stewart McDonald asked whether the UK Government would commit to providing a £500 thank-you payment to armed forces personnel for their work during the pandemic.

He said: “What they want is to be paid properly, to have decent working conditions and employment conditions and their families to be supported better.

“But let me ask this to the minister – all of those NHS and social care workers that they’re working alongside in Scotland will receive a £500 thank you payment from the Scottish Government.

“Will he match that for all UK personnel working here and abroad to help fight the pandemic in the upcoming Budget? Yes or no?”

James Heappey replied: “I will of course have a look at what that might mean if he in return will consider taxing armed forces less than the Scottish Government currently does.”
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