In their Scottish manifesto, published on Thursday, Nigel Farage’s party also said they would “repeal SNP bad laws” and introduce sweeping changes to the Scottish tax system – including by making local authorities “raise their own revenue”, rather than receive block grants from the central Edinburgh government.

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The manifesto document further rules out a second independence referendum (at least for the next 10 years), pledges to keep the NHS free at the point of use and funded by general taxation, scrap all net-zero subsidies and policies, reintroduce North Sea oil and gas as Scotland’s primary energy source, and scrap public inquiries.

It also lays out previously announced plans to remove Scotland’s six income tax bands and instead mirror the UK’s three, but set at 1p below each current UK tax band.

Other proposed tax changes include scrapping the two new council tax bands for the most valuable properties, and “phase out” Land and Buildings Transaction Tax – the levy paid when purchasing second or subsequent homes.

Both of these policies would have directly benefitted Reform UK Scotland leader Malcolm Offord, who The National revealed on Wednesday owns four properties including a £2.2m London flat and a £1.6m property on the banks of Loch Lomond.

Under a section on the “reform of Holyrood”, Reform UK said they would cut the number of MSPs “by aligning constituency boundaries between Holyrood and Westminster thereby going from 73 to 57 seats”. This would leave the Scottish Parliament with 113 MSPs, down from 129 at the moment.

The party also pledged to “implement a formal 10 yearly review of Schedule Five powers undertaken by a joint Holyrood/Westminster committee”. This is the section of the Scotland Act which outlines what is reserved and what is devolved.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage (Image: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

Elsewhere, Reform’s manifesto also pledges to “repeal SNP bad laws including Hate Crime and Land Reform”, “maintain import standards and block illegal meats coming in”, and scrap the Scottish Land Commission and Scottish Sentencing Council.

The party says its five core pledges are:

Fix our NHS and cut waiting lists

Cut your taxes and make work pay

Lower your energy bills

Prioritise local people and restore law and order

Build Scotland for the future

The manifesto was published as Reform UK hold their Scottish conference in Bishopton, with leader Farage in attendance.

Commenting ahead of the event, Reform UK Scotland leader Offord said: “Our manifesto presents an unashamedly ambitious vision for a prosperous and flourishing Scotland.

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“One that prioritises economic growth and ordinary people above the virtue signalling and total mismanagement that Scots have become accustomed to for the past two decades.

“Be under no illusion: the only way to end the SNP’s 19 years of managed decline and get Scotland growing again is by voting for Reform UK in May’s Holyrood election.”

Polling has suggested that Reform UK could emerge as the second largest party in the Scottish parliament after the Holyrood elections on May 7.

However, the polls have also put the SNP out in front, though short of an overall majority, and John Swinney is widely expected to remain as First Minister after the ballot.