Councils in Scotland will receive an extra £120m in funding following funding assurances from Whitehall.
The Scottish Government said it has been told it can anticipate further funding for 2021-22, enabling them to allocate additional resources to local government.
Finance secretary Kate Forbes said the extra £120m is the equivalent of a 4% council tax rise.
Ms Forbes said: 'The 2022-23 Scottish Budget remains fully allocated and for weeks the UK Government has been telling us not to expect further funding. That has now suddenly changed and the UK Government has advised that we should anticipate further funding for 2021-22 which will be confirmed at the Spring Supplementary Estimates next month.
'Consequently I now have some new flexibility and am pleased to confirm my intention to utilise the Scotland Reserve to carry forward sufficient funding to allow me to allocate a further £120m of resource to local government. Councils will have complete flexibility to allocate this additional funding as they wish in 2022-23.'
