Cosla in “fundamental position of dispute” with Scottish Government ministers

14 Feb 2024
Willie Rennie MSP

Responding to the news that council leaders are in a “fundamental position of dispute” with the Scottish Government, as Finance Secretary Shona Robison confirmed that councils will lose funding if they do not back the council tax freeze, Scottish Liberal Democrat Willie Rennie MSP said:

"It takes some nerve for an SNP government who blew the budget on ferries that are years late to tell councils how to run their services.

“The hypocrisy and disrespect shown by SNP ministers is truly galling.

“The current demand on public services is huge, so the warning from local authority leaders of relations having never been so low is extremely worrying."

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