Tag: council tax freeze
Skillful Swinney’s Budget Muddies Labour’s Watters
By Alex Porter and Dave Taylor Without the powers of economic independence which the SNP government would dearly love to have, Scotland has no...
Labour describe pay freeze for £21,000-plus earners as ‘Tory Cuts’
POLITICS...The Labour party in Scotland have claimed that the proposed one year pay freeze on public sector workers earning over £21,000 per year amounts...
Scottish jobs and council tax to be central to Scottish Budget
Speaking ahead of the presentation of the Scottish Budget on Wednesday, SNP Finance Secretary John Swinney has pledged to continue Scotland's council tax freeze...
Iain Gray: ‘Labour not opposed to council tax freeze’
Labour’s Holyrood leader Iain Gray has created confusion over his party’s stance on council tax by admitting that Labour are not opposed to the...