{"id":1306,"date":"2016-03-19T09:00:47","date_gmt":"2016-03-19T09:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scotsindependent.scot\/?p=1306"},"modified":"2016-03-18T18:18:55","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T18:18:55","slug":"poll-labour-voters-back-progressive-snp-local-tax-reforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scotsindependent.scot\/?p=1306","title":{"rendered":"POLL \u2013 LABOUR VOTERS BACK PROGRESSIVE SNP LOCAL TAX REFORMS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kezia Dugdale has come under renewed pressure to use her party\u2019s conference to set out a credible position on council tax \u2013 amidst polling evidence showing that even her own party\u2019s voters are backing the SNP\u2019s fair, progressive reforms to local tax.<\/p>\n

Labour has yet to detail any firm plans for local taxation \u2013 while a poll last week showed that the SNP\u2019s planed reforms are by far the most popular option amongst even Labour voters. \u00a0The poll confirmed that the SNP\u2019s plans were favoured amongst the majority of those who expressed an opinion.<\/p>\n

The SNP Government has announced plans to reform local tax, which will see 75 per cent of people in Scotland pay the same or less, and will provide additional support for those on low incomes, benefitting 77,000 families by an average of \u00a3173 per year.<\/p>\n

The SNP has also made clear that we will consult with local authorities to assign a proportion of devolved income tax to councils.<\/p>\n

Commenting, SNP Local Government Minister Marco Biagi said: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \"Marco<\/a>
\n\u201cThe SNP has set out fair, progressive plans to reform local tax \u2013 and as well as being backed by most people in Scotland, they are also the most popular option amongst Labour voters. But so far, all the Labour leadership has had to offer has been tired, partisan rhetoric.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Labour want to start being taken even remotely seriously, they need to be clear with people in Scotland what their own plans are \u2013 and accept that simply carping from the sidelines isn\u2019t going to cut it.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs far back as 2009, Labour commissioned a report to decide what their policy should be on local tax reform \u2013 and to this day, it still hasn\u2019t been published. \u00a0In the last seven years Labour in Scotland have had four leaders and fought six elections \u2013 but haven\u2019t had a single credible, detailed plan on local tax.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s no wonder that they aren\u2019t viewed as a credible party of opposition, let alone a credible party of government.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe SNP has set out our progressive reforms to the Council Tax \u2013 and it\u2019s clear people in Scotland are backing them. Other parties now have a duty to set out their own plans \u2013 or ditch the posturing and get behind the SNP\u2019s fair, balanced and reasonable proposals.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kezia Dugdale has come under renewed pressure to use her party\u2019s conference to set out a credible position on council tax \u2013 amidst polling evidence showing that even her own party\u2019s voters are backing the SNP\u2019s fair, progressive reforms to local tax. Labour has yet to detail any firm plans for local taxation \u2013 while a poll last week showed that the SNP\u2019s planed reforms are by far the most popular option amongst even Labour voters. \u00a0The poll confirmed that the SNP\u2019s plans were favoured amongst the majority of those who expressed an opinion. The SNP Government has announced plans to reform local tax, whichRead More →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-margaretfw","post-1306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scotsindependent.scot\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scotsindependent.scot\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scotsindependent.scot\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scotsindependent.scot\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scotsindependent.scot\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1306"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/scotsindependent.scot\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1307,"href":"https:\/\/scotsindependent.scot\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1306\/revisions\/1307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scotsindependent.scot\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scotsindependent.scot\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scotsindependent.scot\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}