Thomas Heald: The SNP’s Budget was a stealth tax on workers – and Scotland’s councils will pay the price

Thomas Heald: The SNP’s Budget was a stealth tax on workers – and Scotland’s councils will pay the price

Councillor Thomas Heald is a Scottish Conservative councillor for Dunblane and Bridge of Allan, Scottish Conservative and Unionist candidate for Dunfermline and political advisor in the Scottish Parliament. When the SNP unveiled its Budget on 13th January, ministers tried to dress it up as a plan for fairness and stability. But the truth is now clear: this was a £1.8 billion stealth tax raid on working Scotland, designed to paper over years of e…