THE council tax freeze is "not a sensible policy for the long term", the co-leader of the Scottish Greens yesterday warned
Patrick Harvie claimed local authorities had been "blindsided" by Humza Yousaf's announcement at the SNP conference in October last year.
But the minister for tenants' rights - who joined the Scottish Government following the Bute House Agreement in 2021 - said he was now pushing for a timetable for reform.
Harvie told the Record the decision to freeze council tax when many local authorities were struggling to provide services "wouldn't have been our choice".
He added: "Not just in terms of what it is, but the way it was announced, with local government being blindsided by it.
"If the SNP has an instinctive feeling that people want something done about it, it has to go beyond the short-term.
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