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Council tax
September 2023
Michael Gove’s local council warns of bankruptcy risk after failed Tory investments
New Lib Dem leadership in Surrey Heath attacks previous Conservative regime for racking up debts of £165m
August 2023
Bailiffs making record profits collecting debt for councils in cost of living crisis
Charities call for an end to the outsourcing of public debt as firms’ turnover rises 50% in a year
May 2023
Labour calls for energy firms to pay more tax on £60m-a-day profits
Party wants greater taxation on North Sea profits to fund freeze on council tax for cash-strapped UK households
April 2023
Britons who keep gardens green should get council tax cut, study suggests
Move suggested to tackle rise in plastic grass and paving, which exacerbate wildlife loss, flooding and summer heat
PPT, LVT, IHT – which is fairer than council tax?
Letters:
Carol Wilcox
,
Jeremy Scroxton
and
Linda Buckingham
respond to proposals to replace local government funding arrangements
Economics viewpoint
A property tax based on annually uprated values would be a gamechanger
Larry Elliott
Replacing the council tax would be popular and the vast majority of UK households would gain
March 2023
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Rishi Sunak sidesteps question about whether having private swimming pool means he’s out of touch – as it happened
‘UK national price hike day’: what to expect and how to lessen blow
‘We live from month to month’: people in UK brace for April’s bill rises
Rising bills and tax hikes to make UK families hundreds of pounds worse off
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Postponing state pension age decision ‘not exactly a sign of strength’, Jacob Rees-Mogg tells Tories – as it happened
Labour would freeze council tax for one year, says Keir Starmer
People in England: how will you be affected by council tax rises?
Majority of English councils plan more cuts at same time as maximum tax rises
February 2023
Most top-tier English councils to raise council tax by maximum permitted
Exorbitant house prices don’t just hurt the young. They are a blight on all our lives
Will Hutton
November 2022
The heat or eat diaries
I work 50 hours a week and I’m still in arrears on my council tax. What more can I do?
Sharron Spice
‘People are living in vans’: Porthmadog considers vexed issue of second homes
Council tax premium won’t tackle the blight of holiday lets
Bigger council tax rises will not prevent more cuts to services, councils say
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