Responding to the news, Lewis Ryder-Jones, Oxfam Scotland’s Advocacy Adviser, said: “Council Tax is enormously unfair and absurdly outdated: people’s homes were last valued over 30 years ago, before the Scottish Parliament even existed. That’s why Tax Justice Scotland, a campaign backed by over 50 organisations, is calling for modern, nationwide property and land valuations as a first step towards replacing the Council Tax with a fairer alternative. We’ve already had nearly two decades of dilly-dallying: instead of more discussions and delays it’s time for Ministers to start delivering by laying out a roadmap to real reform.”
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For more information and interviews, please contact: Rebecca Lozza, Oxfam Media and Communications Adviser, Scotland and Wales: rlozza1@oxfam.org.uk / 07917738450
Notes to Editors
· Find out more about Tax Justice Scotland here: https://taxjustice.scot/
· Read Tax Justice Scotland’s briefing, Choosing a fairer future for all: A vision for tax transformation in Scotland here.
