The chief executive of troubled Slough Council is preparing to ask the Government for permission to increase council tax above the 5% legal limit.
Stephen Brown’s letter to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is expected to ask for permission to levy a higher rate for the next two years without holding a referendum after senior councillors agreed.
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