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15 February 2008

Stevenson Comments on Local Budget Decision

Commenting on the budget decision to freeze Council Tax made yesterday (Thursday) by Aberdeenshire Council, Banff & Buchan MSP Stewart Stevenson said:


"The decision by Aberdeenshire Council to freeze Council Tax at current levels is most welcome. After an 88% increase in Council Tax under a Labour Scottish Executive the people of Aberdeenshire were long overdue a financial break.

“This historic freeze has only been made possible through the SNP Government's determination to make finances available to Local Authorities to implement a Council Tax Freeze.

"When I was re-elected last year one of the SNP’s key promises was to freeze Council Tax. In Aberdeenshire and throughout Scotland that has been made possible and this decision today makes good my personal pledge on this issue to the people of Banff & Buchan last May.

"We have a historic agreement between the Scottish Government's and Local Authorities that gives Council's like Aberdeenshire much more freedom to
deliver local priorities, as well as giving Council Tax payers a real terms cut by stopping even an inflationary rise."

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