THE Scottish Government's plan for a local income tax has been dealt another blow after an expert said it would break European and UK law.
Professor Chris Himsworth told MSPs that a European treaty ratified by Westminster could kill off the idea of replacing the council tax with a fixed local income tax of 3p in the pound.
The Edinburgh University law professor believes the move would be in breach of the Council of Europe treaty known as the European Charter of Local Self-government.
The SNP's response:
But a spokesman for the Scottish Government said ministers were looking at the legal issues as part of their consultation.
OK, fair enough, but wouldn't it have been a tad more efficient to look at those "legal issues" pre-consultation?
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