The Scotsman reports that the Lib Dems are going to come to the rescue of the SNP to ensure that the council tax is replaced by a local income tax in Scotland: SNP ministers are prepared to do a deal with the Liberal Democrats which could see every council in Scotland set its own income tax

ALL 32 of Scotland's local authorities are expected to accept a deal with the SNP government to freeze the council tax and protect police numbers ahead of tomorrow's d

Ditching the council tax in favour of a local income tax swung the Scottish Parliamentary elections for the SNP argues Labour's Andy Kerr. Now the policy's been ditched As the SNP went into the Scottish election in 2007 they thought they were onto a winner with their call to abolish Council Tax and replace it with a ‘Local Income Tax’(LIT). The result was tight with the SNP gaining one...

Tom Griffin (London, OK):The Scotsman brings us news that the SNP is preparing to do a deal with the Liberal Democrats to abolish the council tax in Scotland. As the SNP is running the Scottish Government as a minority administration, it needs the support of one of the other main parties to get its plans through. The Lib Dems support the principle of a local income tax, but are adamant that it mus...

Scotland's former finance minister has called for a 25% cut in council tax bills for all properties valued at less than £400,000. Tom McCabe said the move would be the first step towards the abolition of the council tax.

I awake this morning somewhat surprised to see that the SNP have decided to wait until after 2011 to fix the Council Tax problem in Scotland. I fully agree that it is the right thing to do. Council Tax does need to be fixed but now is not the right time to mess around with changes in business when the economy is suffering so badly. Many companies have put worthwhile projects on hold while they foc...

Whoever said the worst of the economic crisis - the Depression, let’s face it - must have been smoking weed. After all, the news that Nissan is going to shed 20,000 jobs worldwide (and potentially many in its Sunderland factory, after the 1,200 already announced - is deeply depressing. That’s what a Depression is. Depressing. And it’s

Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon today hinted the SNP could continue the council tax freeze if the party is returned to power at Holyrood.

The SNP government is investigating how to tax unearned income in a change to flagship plans to replace the council tax, it was revealed today.

The SNP government is investigating how to tax unearned income in a change to flagship plans to replace the council tax, it was revealed today.