IN his recent letter ‘Alba man's tax position is clever but cynical' the council leader Stephen McCabe went to great lengths not to answer the question he was asked.

It was: Will the Labour Party reduce our council tax by 8.2 per cent when the council tax is set next year?

It is a very simple question to answer, so perhaps instead of referring Greenock Telegraph readers to a letter attached to the appendix of a council report we can get an answer instead of a lengthy rant about Mr McEleny.

I’m sure the Alba man is big enough and ugly enough to take the flak but Councillor McCabe and the Labour Party would be better to 'play the ball not the man'.

So in that spirit Councillor McCabe, can you confirm if Alba Party are correct and it is the case that you have no intention of cutting council tax by 8.2 per cent when you set it for next year?

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