Edinburgh Evening News: "HUNDREDS of angry pensioners are to march to Holyrood from Edinburgh's City Chambers to demand the council tax is scrapped.

The protesters will march on parliament ahead of a debate on a private member's Bill by the Scottish Socialist Party's Tommy Sheridan to abolish council tax and replace it with an income-based system.

Former SSP leader Mr Sheridan said: 'February 1st is D-Day for the vast army of pensioners and ordinary workers who demand the unfair council tax be scrapped in favour of a fairer income-based alternative. After 16 years of the Tory council tax, only those blind to unfairness and inequality could fail to see the urgent case for abolition.

'Those who talk of reforms or reviews instead of redundancy for the council tax are letting millions of Scots down and propping up an inherently unfair system. I hope hundreds join the march to demand Scotland's overpaid MSPs vote the council tax out of existence.'

The march is set to assemble at noon outside the City Chambers before moving to Holyrood for a rally at 12.30"