Council tax will be frozen across Scotland next year, Humza Yousaf has announced.
In his first party leader speech to the SNP conference, the First Minister said the government has looked at the issue and made a decision.
There has been a proposal to increase the tax for the highest bands which would've put between 7% and 22.5% a year on Bands between E to H.But Yousaf’s announcement means bills will be frozen, instead, Yousaf made the announcement, which he said would help people on above average salaries who he said are coming to him for help at his surgeries in Pollok.
He said: “Nurses, police officers, teachers – these workers are the backbone of Scotland’s public services“We know that people are filled with dread when the bills are going up and up.“We’re committed to fundamentally reforming local taxation and we will re-energise our work to do that.“I can announce to the people of Scotland that, next year, your council tax will be frozen.
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