The Party's Aims and Recent Elections
The party lists 9 key aims on its website:
- An index-linked basic weekly state pension of £160 for all senior citizens
- Remove all senior citizens from poverty in Scotland
- Abolition of means-testing for senior citizens
- Replace council tax with a fairer system based on ability to pay
- Local authorities to set up more residential homes for senior citizens
- Free nationwide travel for all senior citizens - out with peak travelling times
- 50% reduction in television licences for senior citizens aged 60 to 75
- 50% reduction in Road Tax for all senior citizens
- Establish a Scottish Lottery, with all profits going back into the community
In the most recent Scottish election in 2007 the SSCUP lost its only seat in Holyrood, despite polling as the sixth best party and a slight increase in its vote share. However, that may have happened due to the party's putting up more candidates.
Read more about this topic: Scottish Senior Citizens Unity Party
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