Alex Salmond has signalled a significant switch in economic policy as his plans for a new local income tax for all wage earners came under sustained attack from Alistair Darling. The first minister said during campaigning in the Glenrothes byelection yesterday that his government was considering major concessions to win over critics of proposals to replace the council tax with a new 3p in the poun...

Alex Salmond, leader of the SNP is playing find the lady, or in this case find the tax, with his plan to switch from Council Tax to a Local Income Tax (LIT). What this will do is threefold 1. It will consolidate the burden upon the working and middle classes and allow the rich to reduce their exposure. It might have the benefit of relieving those who are not poor enough to get support for Council ...

Alex Salmond has dropped one of his government's most controversial policies – to replace council tax with a flat-rate local income tax – following the surprise defeat of his budget last month. The decision, announced today by the Scottish finance secretary, John Swinney, follows almost unanimous attacks on the proposed tax from councils, the CBI, the Federation of Small Businesse...

Residents north of the border will face a local income tax as Alex Salmond seeks to push through his independence agenda.

Scottish First Minister, Alex Salmond, has unveiled plans to abolish council tax next year and replace it with a 3p local income tax. The council tax is one of the most unfair and unpopular taxes in history.  The arbitrary method of calculating how much someone is required to pay is matched only by the window tax

Tom Griffin (London, OK): The Scottish Government revealed its legislative programme for the next year today. The centre-piece was Alex Salmond's announcement of "abolition of the oppressive council tax in favour of a fair local income tax, bringing much needed relief to household budgets." Over at Conservativehome, Tory MSP Derek Brownlee raises a number of searching about the assum...

ALEX Salmond, the First Minister, was last night challenged to clarify his position on three flagship policies relating to climate change, replacing the council tax and buil

Alex Salmond has said he plans lengthy negotiations with the Government on which tax-raising powers should be transferred to the Scottish Parliament.

First Minister Alex Salmond faced calls to scrap controversial plans for a new local income tax yesterday.

Asked for the Government s reaction to Alex Salmond s plans to replace council tax with a new income tax, the PMS said that it was a matter for the Scottish Executive. original source.