SCOTTISH Greens councillors have urged their MSPs to “strongly oppose” a freeze on council tax with an emergency conference motion.
First Minister Humza Yousaf pledged to stop any rise in council tax this year in a bid to help households with the cost of living crisis during his speech to the
“Conference believes that local taxation should be decided by democratically elected local government, and that failure to respect this damages trust and completely undermines attempts to treat local government with greater respect.” “Conference notes that even a time-limited freeze has a compound effect on long-term revenue for local authorities.”
Kayleigh O’Neill, co-convener of the Association of Scottish Green Councillors, said that the group “strongly opposes” the announcement made by the First Minister on the council tax freeze “which was proposed without the agreement of COSLA or the Scottish Greens”.The Edinburgh councillor added: “When this has been done in the past it has led to underinvestment in public services, disproportionately impacting the most vulnerable.
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