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MPs call for authorities to be given immediate powers to revalue properties ahead of full review of local government funding that could include scrapping council tax

Florence Eshalomi © House of Commons

Local authorities should be given the power to revalue properties in their area ahead of a long-term overhaul of council tax, MPs said yesterday.

The House of Commons' Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee called for a wholesale review of local government funding that may even include the replacement of council tax.

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