LIKE most council tax payers in Scotland, I was relieved to discover that this year’s tax would be frozen at current levels for the period 2021/22 ("Council tax frozen as Scots feel the heat of Covid costs", The Herald January 29. This came as no surprise however as lo and behold there is an election just around the corner and the move is clearly a political ploy to curry favour with the electorate on behalf of the SNP. I well remember the last council tax freeze which ended in 2017 with a whopping one-off increase of £394.57 per annum for band G homes with pro rata increases in other bands. This increase was catastrophic for the population in general and for pensioners in particular and falling into the latter category, I see no point in postponing the fateful day, much preferring no freeze and a gradual rise over time.