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Two-thirds of Scotland would back council tax rises if the money was spent on local services, according to a poll released yesterday.
Unions renewed pressure on SNP ministers to scrap their council tax freeze after Ipsos Mori reported widespread support for the move.
The survey of more than 1,000 Scots carried out for the council-backed Commission on Strengthening Local Democracy found just one in three voters resolutely opposed any increase in council tax.
Years of underfunding are eroding Scotland’s local services and deepening inequality in communities, says VINCE MILLS
It is time to stop tolerating the governing elites incompetence which makes our lives a daily misery, argues MATT KERR
The 2025 Budget shores up the PM’s political position with headline-grabbing welfare U-turns, but with no improvements on offer to declining public services or living standards, writes MICHAEL BURKE