Scottish Labour would abolish council tax
Scottish labour say they would get rid of the council tax and replace it with a fairer system.
Scottish Labour has pledged to abolish the council tax if they're elected.
They say they would replace it with a new property tax, which would see four-fifths of households pay less but bills on more expensive properties rise by up to a fifth.
The “fair property tax” would see bills for residents of houses worth £60,000 fall by £106 from the average council tax band A levy.
But people living in a house worth £360,000 paying £450 more than the current £2,250 band G levy.
Labour has also announced plans to allow councils to levy a tourist tax'' on hotel rooms of up to £2 per night and a tax on large patches of vacant land.
All discounts, rebates and exemptions under the council tax would continue to apply, and there will be protections for asset rich and income poor'' pensioners.
Leader Kezia Dugdale said: Labour will abolish the unfair council tax and leave nearly two million households better off, with 80% paying less than they do today.
Nicola Sturgeon was elected and re-elected on a promise to scrap the council tax.
After a decade in power and with a majority in Parliament she now wants to keep the council tax instead.
After ten wasted years and hundreds of millions of pounds of cuts to local services, that simply isn't good enough.
Labour will make good on the SNP's broken promise and scrap the council tax.
We will fix the funding of local services for good. It's a fair plan which means millions will pay less and those who can afford to will pay a little more.
The SNP commissioned a report into replacing council tax and then bottled it when it was time to be radical. We have taken that report, and its research, and voters can now choose a fairer alternative to council tax.''