Dan Peters 04 December 2024

Fresh revenue raising powers promised for councils

The Scottish Budget has pledged to ‘enhance the fiscal empowerment of local government through work on a fiscal framework'.

Budget documents promised to progress plans to deliver fresh ‘revenue raising powers' for councils.

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