LABOUR RAISED COUNCIL TAX 60% OVER 10 YEARS
LABOUR’S COUNCIL TAX WHAMMY TO HIT HARD WORKING FAMILIES AGAIN
GRAY CHALLENGED TO SAY HOW MUCH THEY WOULD INCREASE TAX
LABOUR RAISED COUNCIL TAX 60% OVER 10 YEARS
With an increasing number of Labour politicians attacking the SNP Government’s Council Tax freeze SNP MSP Joe FitzPatrick has challenged Iain Gray to say how much his party want to increase Council Tax.
Commenting Mr FitzPatrick said:
“Over recent weeks it has become apparent that Labour now support imposing higher taxes on the people of Scotland. By saying they oppose a council tax freeze they are supporting increasing the council tax on hard working families.
“The question they have to answer is how much they want to raise it by ?
“Over the 10 years they were in power they increased council tax by a staggering 60%. That Labour are openly planning to do this again is astonishing.
“Since those Labour politicians in Scotland who are calling for higher council taxes are members of Iain Gray’s shadow cabinet it must follow that he supports this policy. Therefore he should say by how much he thinks council tax should increase?”
* On 10th March 2010 Labour’s deputy spokesperson on finance David Whitton tabled an amendment to a Parliamentary Motion attacking the Council Tax freeze.
It has been supported by Jackie Baillie, Mr Frank McAveety, Rhona Brankin, Trish Godman, James Kelly, Helen Eadie, Des McNulty, Pauline McNeill, Mary Mulligan, Elaine Smith
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* On 15th March 2010 Labour’s Labour housing spokesperson Johann Lamont issued a press release attacking the Council Tax freeze.
http://www.scottishlabour.org.
* On 17th March 2010 Labour’s education spokesman Des McNulty issued a statement where he attacked the Council Tax freeze.
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