The council tax system is ‘highly regressive and unsustainable,’ and needs ‘fundamental reform,’ progressive think-tank IPPR has argued.
A report by IPPR published today said the current system was ‘increasingly unsustainable as a source of local government finance’ due to its regressive features, discounts, exemptions, and the inconsistencies between residential and commercial taxation.
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