Council tax is an unfair and out-of-date system that should have been reformed years ago. Successive governments at Westminster and Holyrood have dodged responsibility by allowing it to continue.
The SNP’s determination to freeze council tax year-on-year over the last decade has also created a false impression of how much should be paid.
Now ordinary households face the prospect of paying ever higher bills while local authorities provide fewer and fewer services. And it comes at a time when many families are already struggling to deal with soaring inflation.
