Councillors have put Smith Square under pressure to lobby the Government to give local authorities the power to decide whether to charge students council tax, The MJ understands.
A number of councillors on the Local Government Association’s (LGA) Labour-chaired city regions board are believed to be keen for the exemption for full-time students to be removed.
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