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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. |