Glasgow's fierce opposition to the highly controversial poll tax saw the council rack up approximately £125 million of uncollected community charge debt to the UK Government.

In contrast, more than twice as many Scots have an unfavourable opinion of Mr Sarwar (42 per cent) as have a favourable ...

Thatcher introduced the poll tax, officially known as the community charge, at a flat rate for every adult. Used to fund local government, first in Scotland, then England and Wales, the levy ...

Economist Lalitha Try noted that the poorest households are “spending almost as much on these bills as they pay in income tax. This terribly designed tax increasingly resembles the very thing it was ...

The Scottish Parliament has always had that power, but has stuck with a system introduced in a panic by the Westminster Tories after the poll tax debacle. The council tax is inherently flawed.

SNP ministers are doing a bad job in seven key areas including the NHS, living standards and the economy, voters say. A poll found the Nats are also failing on education in a “damning verdict” on ...

A survey found many Scots remain unconvinced Labour could do a better job in power than the SNP, despite widespread ...

No politician received a positive 'net' rating from the Scottish public in the Ipsos Scotland Political Pulse Survey.

The Scottish Tories are the only political party to refuse to sign up to John Swinney’s summit combating the anti-immigration ...

Most Scottish voters are against John Swinney's plans to boost immigration, a poll has suggested ... with 'positive vision'READ MORE: Council tax latest as SNP Minister admits system 'could ...

Pay More, Get Less, Get Fined. They might as well embrace this creeping reality, because we’re all living through it. Maybe they could print it on ...