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CAMPAIGNERS led by local trade unionists and the Scottish TUC demanded an end yesterday to council tax freezes in Scotland as budget cuts hit jobs, services and communities.
Councils across Scotland have been lobbied on the subject over the last week as they met to set their budgets.
Edinburgh TUC secretary Des Loughney told the Morning Star that the £22 million cuts package forced on the city “will damage services and worsen poverty and inequality.”
Years of underfunding are eroding Scotland’s local services and deepening inequality in communities, says VINCE MILLS
It is time to stop tolerating the governing elites incompetence which makes our lives a daily misery, argues MATT KERR
Ahead of next year’s parliamentary elections, ROZ FOYER warns that a bold tax policy is needed to rebuild devastated public services which can serve as the foundation of a strong, fair economy