Oh dear lord....Interview with Tavish Scott: ‘Why would I pay attention to the party in London’ - Herald
If that was going to be the line then it should have started last year! Its far to late for this type of positioning!
If that was going to be the line then it should have started last year! Its far to late for this type of positioning!
Today the SNP announced their plans to freeze council tax for five years.
As I’ve already pointed out in a previous post the council tax freeze hands money back to the UK government in lost council tax benefit revenue.
Assuming an inflation rate of 3%, a five year council tax freeze will save the UK Government £100 million, that’s £11m this year, and £22 million a year in each of the next 4 years.
This is because the savings compound from this year to next, but in 2013 the UK Government have stated that they will devolve council tax benefit (CTB) to Scotland, locking in the £22m shortfall permanently.
If the UK Government back down from their plans to devolve CTB, then the compounding effect of the freeze will hand back, £11m, £22m,£ 33m, £44,m and £55m.
That’s £165m to be handed back to the UK Government over the next five years?
Is that the SNP’s idea of sticking up for Scotland?
April 14, 2011
Yet another reason why the council tax freeze is just weird.
BNP says it will do worse under AV. If nothing else surely that is a reason to for Yes.
Jeremy Purvis, Jim Hume and Tavish Scott. Given the polls this is not a good pic for the Scottish Lib Dems.
Everyone deserves a warm home
With Scotland limited resources giving free home insulation to millionaires seems a tad generous. There is legislation already passed by the Scottish Parliament that would mean that rich people could be forced to better insulate their homes. Yet the Scottish Greens want to give free home improvements to Fred Goodwin and JK Rowling.
The Tories, Labour and SNP want to create a single national policy body. That type of reform has never worked.
Those people in the Labour Party against AV are actually in the pockets of the Tories. Surely that is worse than being a Coalition Partner?
Well, it amused me anyway......