First Minister Nicola Sturgeon yesterday announced she has decided to keep the unfair Council Tax. The SNP leader told the David Hume Institute in Edinburgh she has ditched the party’s long standing promise to scrap the Council Tax and replace it with an income based alternative.
Full details of the policy reversal are due to be unveiled next week but reports suggest the SNP intends to retain the hated Council Tax and widen the gap between Band A and Band H properties.
The First Minister has ignored the conclusions of the Scottish Government’s Local Tax Commission which warned the Council Tax could not be made ‘progressive’.
‘This news comes ahead of a RISE ‘Day of Action’ across Scotland this Saturday where campaigners will put the case for replacing the Council Tax with the Scottish Service Tax – an income based alternative where the burden is shifted from the low paid towards the better off.’
Read the SSP’s contribution to the Local Tax Commission arguing the progressive nature of the Scottish Service Tax.