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Pressure pushes Holyrood into schools funding U-turn

Pressure from local government has pushed Holyrood into a major U-turn on plans to grab £100m of council tax revenue for schools.

Pressure from local government has pushed Holyrood into a major U-turn on plans to grab £100m of council tax revenue for schools.

Scotland's finance secretary Derek Mackay yesterday said £111m of additional council tax revenues expected to be raised from reform of the upper bands would now be available to be spent locally.

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