Town hall chiefs said there was 'real anger' at the SNP leader after he used a conference speech to announce a freeze on council tax next year.
Humza Yousaf is facing a furious backlash from local authority leaders and union chiefs after he announced council tax would be frozen across Scotland next year.
The Scottish Government had been considering hiking council tax on the most expensive properties to try and plug the massive spending gap faced by town halls. "This is something the Scottish Government has developed over a decade, and the effect of that has been an incredible squeeze on local government services, and that has to stop.A statement from Cosla said there was "no agreement to freeze council tax next year" and insisted the decision could only be made by individual local authorities.
"We deplore the way the announcement was made and its substance, both of which fly in the face of the Verity House Agreement which we all recently signed. The Scottish Greens, who signed a powersharing agreement with the SNP at Holyrood in 2021, have also expressed concern over the council tax freeze.
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