To the point that my idea that the personal allowanceforincometax should be set, by law, at the full year full time minimum wage earnings will be in the manifestos of at least two political parties (likely, those who will come third and fourth, but you cannot have everything) at the next general election.
But First Minister Alex Salmond, who has called for full fiscal powers for Scotland, said the proposals had been overtaken by the UK government's plan to pay for a rise in the incometaxallowance with personal increases in National Insurance, under which money would go straight to the Treasury.