Summary
HOUSEHOLDERS face crippling new increases in their council tax bills.
Council leaders issued the warning yesterday despite the announcement of a record rise in public spending to Pounds 30billion a year.See the full content of this document
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The Tartan Stealth Tax
Local authority chiefs claimed the extra cash was not enough and said that higher council tax bills were inevitable. Finance Minister Andy Kerr yesterday unveiled the Scottish Executive's budget for the next three years.
There is extra cash for health, education and transport, and councils' budgets will rise by 9.7 per cent...See the full content of this document
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