Apr
15
The SNP manifesto launch was once again a victory of style over substance and personality over policy. The big two announcements; council tax freeze and green energy sounded good when first heard but sadly fall at the first hurdle of scrutiny. Will the 5 year Council tax freeze be properly funded at the estimated £2.5b …
Apr
09
On the doors tonight I met a very angry teacher, angry not just with the local SNP/Libdem administration for their ineptitude and lack of leadership, (“lightweights unable to make decisions” was his description), but at the Concordat which he said has destroyed the relationship between central and Local Government rather than improve it. I agree …
Apr
05
The SNP have begun what appears to be an ‘orchestrated and unprecedented’ publicly-funded cover-up campaign to keep details of the implications of the SNP’s tax policy out of the public domain. Scottish Labour have calculated that the SNP’s tax plan would cost hardworking families on average £558 per year, but this court action suggests the …
Mar
09
The SNP claim that they have frozen Council tax for three years and want to do it some more. I suppose that technically they may have done so but the truth is that council tax payers are paying more for service in other ways and in some cases paying for services that were once covered …
Feb
10
Budget day today. I hear that there are around 12 delegations booked to speak. Its going to be a long meeting. There will be much talk today about numbers and costs and value and cuts. All of these have their place but a budget is much more than numbers and costs. It has to be …
Dec
14
The SNP flagship policy of Council tax Freeze may be portrayed as fair, but it is being bought at a price that is unfair to tax payers, unfair to Councils, unfair to Scotland’s Capital City and undermines democracy. A quick look at Edinburgh’s cut of the local government allocation in this report to Thursdays council meeting shows that Edinburgh is …
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