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COUNCIL TAX
Council tax revaluation urged
By Martin Ford | 10 April 2026
The Government has been urged to carry out a council tax revaluation as part of a simplification ...
POLICY AND POLITICS
Government accused of 'failing to deliver' on council tax modernisation
By Dan Peters | 09 April 2026
The Government has been accused of ‘failing to deliver’ on plans to modernise and improve the adm...
COUNCIL TAX
A steady erosion of support: thirteen years on from the localisation of Council Tax Support
By Rebecca McDonald | 08 April 2026
Broader budget pressures are making it increasingly difficult for councils to maintain support th...
COUNCIL TAX
EXCLUSIVE: Council tax support localisation hits poorer areas
By Dan Peters | 08 April 2026
Poorer areas tend to offer less council tax support than more affluent areas more than a decade a...
POLITICS
Labour Together says 'big bang' package repairs the contract between councils and residents
By Dan Mead | 08 April 2026
Ahead of the May elections, Labour Together has set out a ‘big bang’ package it says will repair ...
COUNCIL TAX
Council tax goes up by £10bn in five years
By Paul Marinko | 25 March 2026
England’s council tax bill has gone up by more than £10bn in five years, new government data has ...
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
The truth about poverty
By Cllr Una O'Halloran | 23 March 2026
Leader of Islington LBC Una O’Halloran explains how the council is handing power to local communi...
FINANCE
Call for Welsh tax divergence from England
By Martin Ford | 20 March 2026
Wales should diverge from England on local taxation, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has r...
FINANCE
Reform UK tax hike used to 'bash party over the head'
By Martin Ford | 18 March 2026
Worcestershire CC’s 9% council tax rise has been used to ‘bash us over the head’, a senior Reform...
FINANCE
IFS: Mansion tax a 'poor substitute' for comprehensive reform
By Martin Ford | 18 March 2026
The Scottish Government’s mansion tax must be a springboard for further council tax reform, the I...
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