REBECCA BAIRD: For an 8% council tax hike, I want to see Dundee sparkling
As Dundee City Council announce a range of budget proposals, Rebecca is one of many Dundonians facing higher council tax.
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COURIER OPINION: Huge council tax hikes must stop cuts and improve Tayside, Fife and Stirling
First Minister John Swinney said the mammoth rises would not be needed - but his words appear to have been ignored.
MARTEL MAXWELL: Ninewells helped my son in a (minor) emergency but I owe it so much more
"I speak so often with people not from Dundee but who call it home because of Ninewells."
STEVE FINAN: What have Dundee councillors done to earn pay rise?
'An above-average pay award must be the result of above-average performance.'
JIM SPENCE: Why is independence of thinking on key issues regarded with suspicion and hostility?
'In our increasingly fractured society, we’re too often herded towards the view that we should tow rigid party lines.'
COURIER OPINION: Scottish Labour’s NHS plan as controversial as it is radical
The party says the plan would slash bureaucracy and cut the number of “pen pushers”.
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