Rennie responds to Accounts Commission Report

Responding to the embargoed Accounts Commission report which warns, "councils have never faced such acute challenges, putting budgets and workforce under severe stretch and strain", Scottish Liberal Democrat economy spokesperson Willie Rennie said:

"The SNP have taken deliberate decisions to starve Scotland's councils, sometimes as a budget gambit, sometimes as a stunt and sometimes because their own bad decisions have left them short of funds.

"Humza Yousaf committing to a council tax freeze on a whim so that he had something to announce at SNP conference was the absolute nadir of this approach.

"Local government deserves respect, long term funding deals and a commitment from the Scottish Government to work in partnership."