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All Scottish local authorities agree to freeze council tax 11/03/2021, 6:15 pm
Finance Secretary Kate Forbes allocated £90 million in the Scottish Budget for local authorities that agreed to freeze council tax (Jane Barlow/PA)
Council tax is being frozen across Scotland, local authorities have confirmed.
All of Scotland’s 32 local authorities have now announced they will not increase council tax following a Scottish Government commitment to compensate those who froze the charge.
The Scottish Budget for the next financial year offered up to £90 million for local authorities who did not increase council tax.
The increase in funding is roughly equivalent to the amount councils would have received if a 3% council tax rise had been imposed, the Government has said.
All Scottish local authorities agree to freeze council tax
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February 23, 2021, 1:31 pm
There needs to be a ‘fundamental examination’ of Scotland’s tax system as part of the economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, Holyrood’s Finance Committee has said (Jane Barlow/PA)
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Scotland’s economic recovery from the impact of the coronavirus restrictions should include a “fundamental examination” of taxes and support focused on low income, young and less-educated workers, Holyrood’s Finance Committee has said.