Hiking council tax by 2%, after the Tories scrapped council tax benefit, will really hit the poorest. It’s a regressive tax and needs urgent reform. Too many of the poorest are taken to court because they can’t afford to pay.
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Council tax bands were set in the 90s and are utterly outdated: the richest pay far, far less based on the value of their house than the poorest. It desperately needs reform and council tax benefit should be reinstated.
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But the Tories promised no tax increases, so this hit on the poorest is probably just in my inagination
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At this rate labour will also lose the cities its blairite councils helped gentrify. So many issues like this were ignored for years. Labour needs a complete overhaul
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