Comhairle nen Eilean Siar SNP Group have welcomed the Scottish Government’s decision to freeze the council tax giving monies to councils to plug the funding gap.
Group leader, Cllr Gordon Murray stated: “ We really welcome this decision by the Scottish Government to give a reprieve to families who are struggling in these exceptionally tough and challenging circumstances.
“It was our intention to put forward a council tax freeze at the budget setting meetings at the end of this month and we are absolutely delighted that the government have ensured that this will happen. The leader of the council and his chairs group were planning to impose a maximum council tax rise and this filled us with anxiety at the impact a decision would make on household budgets that are already struggling due to rising prices, difficult economic uncertainty and the increasing concern of a pandemic.”
“ I have sent a message of thanks to Kate Forbes, Cabinet Secretary for Finance, on behalf of the Western Isles.”
