Resolves on gov.scot and the Official Report. YES if a Scottish minister states on or before 3 December 2026 that council tax will be frozen for 2027-28, or announces a cap on the increase councils may set for that year. Draft budget documents count; press reports of unattributed briefing do not. If that source has not published in time, BBC News Scotland and the Guardian settle it.
We found four plans since 1999 to change how council tax works. Each was a Scottish government's own plan or a review it had ordered. Each was about the bands, how much each band pays, or replacing the tax, and not about the size of bills. We asked whether a Bill or order to make the change was put before the Scottish Parliament within 18 months. Freezes and caps are left out because they keep the tax as it is.