Council Tax: Ministers must stop delaying and lay out roadmap to real reform
The Scottish Government has announced it will seek views on the reform of Council Tax this year.
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to the news, Lewis Ryder-Jones, Oxfam Scotland’s Advocacy Adviser, said: “Council Tax is enormously unfair and absurdly outdated: people’s homes were last valued over 30 years ago, before the Scottish Parliament even existed.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.
