The Scotsman, on UK Politics, 15 November 2026
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Read the original article on scotsman.com (opens in a new tab)The Scotsman reports Professor Ken Gibb's case for replacing council tax and LBTT with a proportionate property tax. It attributes his views to him throughout, including in the headline, and gives the Scottish government's response. Nothing in it misleads the reader.
“says leading housing economist”
The headline keeps the attribution. It reports the call to scrap council tax as one expert's view, not as the outlet's own position.
“A Scottish government spokesperson said”
The article gives the government whose policy is being criticised space to set out its own position on council tax reform and the mansion tax.
“similar reforms have been carried out in Northern Ireland”
The article reports the professor's evidence for his claim and keeps his own qualification that the Northern Ireland reforms were not perfect.
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