Holyrood ministers had been considering hiking taxes on the most expensive houses in a bid to help cash-strapped local authorities and protect services.
The Scottish Government has split on the future of council tax after Humza Yousaf today announced rates would be frozen next year.
It prompted the Scottish Greens - who signed a powersharing deal with the Nationalists in 2021 - to express concern about the impact of the freeze on public services. "Green MSPs will now work with our government colleagues in the SNP to work through the details, ensure that their decision is sustainably financed and that the most vulnerable people in our communities do not see the services they rely on being underfunded as a result.
"The Scottish Greens have ensured that Scotland’s income tax system is the fairest in the UK, raising a billion pounds more every year for essential services like the NHS and our schools by asking those earning the most to pay a bit more. That is the progressive approach we will take once again as we work with SNP colleagues to agree the national budget for 2024-25."
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