Tag: freeze
Dunfermline – Labour by-election campaign in tatters as leaflet and schools...
By a Newsnet reporterLabour’s campaign in the Dunfermline by-election has hit the rocks as contradictory comments from its candidate and misleading claims contained...
Council tax could rise by £700 under Scottish Labour
By Bob Duncan Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont could hit hard-pressed Scots with a massive hike in Council Tax of nearly £700 per household, if...
Lamont urged to end Labour council tax confusion
By Martin Kelly Labour’s Scottish Leader Johann Lamont has been urged to clarify the party’s position on council tax after several Scottish Labour local...
Labour’s Matheson ridiculed over party’s latest council tax U-turn
By G.A.Ponsonby The Labour leader of Glasgow City Council Gordon Matheson has been ridiculed after performing a massive U-turn over the council tax freeze.The criticism...
Threat to Stirling Council living wage as Labour-Tory pact blocks SNP...
By G.A.Ponsonby The Labour group at Stirling Council has been accused of threatening the pledge of a living wage for council workers after they...
Who are the real racist intolerant bullies?
Put your hands up if you favour a free education system for Scottish students. Probably all of you I guess. Now put...
Relief for Glasgow citizens as Labour group accepts funding deal
Glaswegians will face no increases to their council tax next year if the SNP win the Holyrood election after the Labour controlled council finally...
Cosla ‘Disruption’ Fears as Labour Panic Over Council Tax Freeze
POLITICS...Discussions to be held by Cosla could be ‘disrupted’ by Labour councillors intent on attacking the SNP over Alex Salmond’s recent pledge to fund...
Salmond – Only Independence can stop the Decade of Cuts
Salmond throws down the gauntlet with stark choice facing Scotland. Decade of misery caused by Labour Independence the only alternative Full...