Scottish local government chiefs have demanded Holyrood passes on extra funds worth £67.5m arising from the decision to freeze council tax in England for a further two years.

Local government group COSLA has claimed the SNP government received the cash, which is proportionate to the £805m chancellor George Osborne pledged for councils south of the border during the Conservative party conference in October.

COSLA financial director Brenda Campbell urged MSPs to treat council coffers in the same way as NHS Scotland by setting-aside additional funds received from Westminster.

In a submission prepared in advance of a meeting held by the Scottish Parliament's local government and regeneration committee, COSLA stated: ‘The Scottish Government has received consequentials in the order of £67.5m as a result of the UK Government awarding additional funding of £805m to English councils to freeze their council tax.'

It added: ‘this money should be made available to local government to support the council tax freeze in Scotland.'

The Scottish government has committed to extend the council tax freeze for the duration of the Parliament at a cost of £3.15bn.