Sir,
The SNP’s tax grab plans have been revealed, with Argyll and Bute losing out on £1.2 million. This is how the SNP’s attainment fund – which took council tax proceeds from one area to invest in another – is planned to play out. This is an insult to local democracy.
As well as people in Argyll and Bute having to pay on average an extra £300 a year in council tax, much of that won’t even be spent here in Argyll and Bute. Argyll and Bute taxpayers will now be funding councils in Glasgow and West Dunbartonshire. Keep in mind that the SNP is hoping to win control of those two council areas that it is planning to funnel Argyll and Bute’s council tax to.