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Call for major review of Scots council tax
Scottish Daily Express
|January 26, 2026
Think tank wants commission
THE failure to reform Scottish council tax is a “collective political humiliation”, the head of a leading think tank has said.
Chris Deerin, head of Enlighten, said with previous moves to reform the tax having come to nothing, it is time for a “Smith Commission-style body” to step in to achieve a cross party consensus on the issue.
The SNP infamously vowed to scrap council tax in its 2007 manifesto but little progress has been made in the 19 years since.
Mr Deerin's comments came in response to the Scottish Government's consultation on the future of Scottish council tax, which closes on Friday.
This story is from the January 26, 2026 edition of Scottish Daily Express.
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