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Minimum wage and pension increases are top priorities for Scots voters

Scottish voters want to see the minimum wage and pensions increased.
Scottish voters want to see the minimum wage and pensions increased.

The top priorities of Scottish voters are an increase in the minimum wage and a guaranteed boost to pensions, according to a poll.

The Ipsos Mori research for BBC Scotland asked more than 1,000 adults to rank policies from one to 10 on when they should be implemented with 10 being right away.

The highest score of 8.2 went to increasing the minimum wage to £7.85 followed by 7.9 for a guarantee that pensions will rise over the next five years.

Other popular policies included stopping energy companies from increasing prices for 20 months (7.7), introducing a tax on homes worth more than £2million (7.4) and raising the top rate of tax to 50p in the pound for those earning more than £150,000 a year (7.2).

The least popular proposition was for taxes to be reduced, even if that means cutting public spending, which scored four.

The policy to eliminate the deficit by the end of the next parliament in 2020 “even if that means reduced spending on public services” was ranked 4.6 while the idea of charging better-off older people for some things which are currently free to all scored 5.2.

Both Labour and the SNP said the results demonstrated support for their policies.

Deputy First Minister John Swinney said: “This survey reinforces the fact that the SNP’s priorities at Westminster reflect Scotland’s priorities – and the only way we can make them Westminster’s priories is by voting SNP on May 7.”

Scottish Labour candidate for Edinburgh South Ian Murray said: “This poll echoes what Scottish Labour activists up and down the country are hearing on the doorsteps: Scottish Labour has a better plan for a fairer Scotland