Parliament Workbench

Petition · PE01816 · Session 5

Reform of local authority financial powers

Closed Submitted 16 Jun 2020 Economy & Finance
Signatures
0
9 online signatures with a country
Comments
1
Considered
1 meeting
in the Official Report

What it asks

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to reform the financial powers of local authorities by—
• Reforming the council tax
• Devolving more tax powers to local authorities

What the petitioner did first

Have written to local MSP.

Where it was considered

Official Report
  1. 1 Oct 2020
    Public Petitions Committee
    New Petitions
    1 mention

Signatures by country

9 online signatures
  1. United Kingdom5 55.6%
  2. Scotland4 44.4%

Comments

1 comment, oldest first
  1. Ross Wheeler 20 Jul 2020
    I do believe in more local and less central government. So I therefore support local councils having more powers over taxation, despite their incompetence.