In the current furore over bumping up the top four bands in the Scottish council tax system, the Scottish Government have again repeated a very questionable statistic. That's the claim that Council Tax in Scotland is lower than in England.
Scottish Conservative and Unionist MSP for Lothian Jeremy Balfour has slammed “disgraceful” new figures highlighting the number of children in Midlothian on social housing waiting lists.
CRAG Hoy, a Conservative MSP for South Scotland, has recently called on the Scottish Government to pass on the 75% business rates relief to hospitality and retail businesses in Midlothian as an incentive for them to grow and invest, using Penicuik as an example of a town that would benefit from r