Conservative MSP Meghan Gallacher has slammed the SNP over the introduction of office parking levies.
Her criticism comes after her occasion led a debate and vote within the Scottish Parliament, calling for the fees to be scrapped.
Regardless of this, the SNP solid forward with its plans to permit native authorities to hit companies with a levy for every parking area they provide. The companies can, in flip, select to cross the cost on to its staff.
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Already SNP-led councils in Glasgow and Edinburgh have indicated that they may introduce the tax.
Issues from the Scottish Retail Consortium, the Scottish Chamber of Commerce and the Worldwide Council of Police Consultant Associations had been all ignored by the SNP and its Inexperienced coalition companions.
No restrict has been set on how a lot councils can cost.
Ms Gallacher stated her occasion is firmly against the office parking tax and repeated chief Douglas Ross’ assurance that no Scottish Conservative-led council in Lanarkshire would introduce it.
The MSP informed Lanarkshire Reside: “Any introduction of a office parking tax could be a hammer blow to laborious working folks and companies in Lanarkshire.
“This atrocious tax just isn't solely hated however it's also unbelievably ill-timed.
"The SNP-Inexperienced coalition don’t appear to care that households in Lanarkshire are already going through a cost-of-living disaster and companies are nonetheless solely simply recovering from the pandemic.
“Councils equivalent to North and South Lanarkshire have free rein to cost motorists what they wish to park at work because of the SNP’s dismal failure to impose a restrict on expenses.
“I'm proud to say no Scottish Conservative-led council in Lanarkshire would ever impose this tax on staff.”
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