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Moray Council to maintain council tax freeze and not put up bills Moray Council to maintain council tax freeze and not put up bills
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Moray Council has dropped plans to put up council tax by 18% and will now maintain the freeze on household bills.Moray Council has dropped plans to put up council tax by 18% and will now maintain the freeze on household bills.
The authority's ruling administration initially said the move was necessary to protect frontline services.The authority's ruling administration initially said the move was necessary to protect frontline services.
However, council leader Stewart Cree said the amount it could raise would be "all but wiped out by Scottish government penalties".However, council leader Stewart Cree said the amount it could raise would be "all but wiped out by Scottish government penalties".
All of Scotland's 32 councils are in the process of agreeing their budgets for 2016/17.All of Scotland's 32 councils are in the process of agreeing their budgets for 2016/17.
Moray Council, which has an independent/Conservative administration, needs to cut spending by £11.9m in the next financial year.
Councillors proposed in the middle of last month that council tax bills could rise by as much as 18% which would have seen an increase for Band D properties of £204 a year.
But that move would have resulted in the government withholding £1.1m which would have been allocated to the Moray to offset the freeze, which has been in place across Scotland since 2007.