Scottish Local Government Partnership

Jenny Laing The four Scottish councils which form the Scottish Local Government Partnership (SLGP) have called for new tax-raising powers in a bid to alleviate the impact of funding cuts.

A group of four councils who broke away from local authority representative body Cosla have threatened to take the Scottish Government to court if ministers continue to freeze them out of funding talks. At the moment Holyrood will only negotiate with the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (Cos