motion_title: The UK Budget – Scotland’s Priorities (Amendment 4)
motion_text: S6M-14614.4: As an amendment to motion S6M-14614 in the name of Shona Robison (The UK Budget &ndash; Scotland&rsquo;s Priorities), leave out from &ldquo;importance of&rdquo; to end and insert &ldquo;terrible state of the public finances caused by the mismanagement of the previous UK Conservative administration; believes that the top priority of the new Labour administration&rsquo;s first UK Budget must be fixing the NHS and social care crisis so that people across the UK can get the care that they need; considers that it would not be right to further squeeze households that have seen their living standards fall, and believes that a fair deal would see the removal of the two-child limit on benefits, the reversal of the cut to the Winter Fuel Payment, and tax revenues raised in a fair way, including by reversing the previous Conservative administration&rsquo;s tax cuts for the big banks, closing loopholes in capital gains tax exploited by the top 0.1% wealthiest people, and taxing the social media giants so that they pay their fair share.&rdquo;
  
  Original motion(S6M-14614):
  That the Parliament&nbsp;recognises the importance of the UK Budget on 30 October 2024 to Scotland&rsquo;s budget; supports the call from prominent economists, including Professor Mariana Mazzucato, Professor Anton Muscatelli, Lord Gus O&rsquo;Donnell and Professor Simon Wren-Lewis, for the UK Government to use the forthcoming UK Budget to halt &ldquo;the under-investment that has resulted in a vicious circle of stagnation and decline, whereby low investment leads to both a weaker economy and greater social and environmental problems&rdquo;; calls on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to replace the current austerity fiscal rules that the UK Government is operating under, in order to allow for greater investment to renew and enhance public infrastructure and deliver projects that support the transition to net zero; believes that the UK Government should reverse its cut to the Winter Fuel Payment, as this cut will impact many of the most vulnerable older people in society, and urges the UK Government to use its first Budget to remove the two-child limit on benefits and deliver greater investment to tackle child poverty, and deliver a sizeable increase in investment in the NHS and schools, which would deliver consequentials for application in these vital public services in Scotland.