COUNCIL TAX

Council tax to shoulder funding boosts

Increases to funding for local government and the police in the Spending Review will rely heavily on hikes to council tax, experts have said.

Paul Johnson © The MJ

Increases to funding for local government and the police in the Spending Review will rely heavily on hikes to council tax, experts have said.

Government figures show an annual increase in real-terms spending power of 1.7% for police and 2.6% for local authorities over the period of the review.

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