Rutherglen & Hamilton West by-election candidates put council tax at top of their agenda

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The thorny issue of council tax has been discussed by two candidates in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election. Gloria Adebo, the Liberal Democrat candidate has condemned the proposed Scottish Government changes to council tax as a demand for a quarter of families “to pay more for less”.Earlier this year, it was revealed that one in four households in Scotland face massive hikes in council tax under plans being discussed by ministers and local authorities.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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That’s more than half the period of existence of the tax which Nicola Sturgeon said she “hated”.“Now their new plan is to embed it, extend the lifetime of the current unfair system and hit almost a quarter of households with a massive extra bill at the worst possible time.“These changes would see bills go up and services still