Labour have called on the SNP/Green Government to claw back nearly £10m in cost of living support from second home owners.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak recently announced every household would receive £400 off their energy bills in August.
However, the Tory Government has confirmed the people with multiple homes will pocket the sum for each property.
It would mean wealthy homeowners with two houses receiving more than a family on a modest income living in a flat.
Mark Griffin, a Labour MSP for Central Scotland, said £9.6m will be wasted in double payments and he is pressing the Scottish Government to act.
He said this can be done using council tax powers and Labour will force a vote on the issue this week.
He said: “As people across Scotland struggle to put food on the table, others are being handed double payments to the tune of £9.6 million.
“The SNP-Green government have been asleep at the wheel throughout this cost of living crisis, but now they need to wake up.
“They cannot keep pleading poverty and peddling austerity while lining the pockets of those who need it least.
“We can claw back this money and put it back into struggling local communities, so we can spend it on something more useful than a subsidy for holiday homes. We have the powers – all that is missing is the political will.”
The proposal would affect second homes and not main residences.
A Scottish Government spokesperson said: “We are doing all we can to ensure people, communities and businesses are given as much support as possible to deal with the rising cost of living and the potential economic implications of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine.
“The Scottish Government is doing everything within our powers and fixed budgets to ensure our people and communities are supported as far as possible, investing £770million in cost of living measures including uprating eight Scottish social security payments by 6% to support people facing rising costs.
“Almost £1.8 billion is being committed to the Scottish Child Payment over the next four years. It doubled to £20 per child per week in April and will increase to £25 by the end of the year, when it will also be extended to under 16s.
“Powers relating to the energy markets remain reserved and Scottish Ministers have repeatedly called for the UK Government to urgently take further action to support households - including a targeted reduction in VAT and support for those on low incomes.
“We will of course consider carefully Labour’s motion and respond accordingly in the parliamentary debate this week”
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