In Norfolk UKIP are keeping Labour and the Lib Dems in power

Anyone in Norfolk who voted for UKIP because they believed the Party was about lower Council Tax must be disappointed.

Pickles considers referendum trigger for any Council Tax rises over 1.5 per cent

Now let’s have a referendum trigger for Council Tax cuts if enough residents sign a petition

Kent County Council proposes Council Tax rise

Each Conservative councillor should think long and hard as to whether this tax increase is really justified.

Welsh councils plan Council Tax rises

The Welsh Government provides a warning to England of Labour in power.

Council Tax cuts from Barnet and Boris – but hikes in North Yorkshire and Northumberland

Many councils are planning tax rises but there is better news in London.

Why Osborne should cut income taxes for poorer workers first

Cameron and Osborne must target squeezed voters whose household budgeting is constantly challenged by the cost of filling up a car or paying a gas bill.

Birmingham Council should cut waste not services

Debt interest costs the council taxpayers of Birmingham £165 million a year.

Hammersmith and Fulham to see Council Tax cut by 3 per cent – again

The seventh reduction in eight years, saving residents £850 a year when compared to the average council tax increase during that period.

Trafford maintains Council Tax freeze for fourth year running

Faced with an above average reduction in Government grant we have shown a steely determination to make savings and protect services

Survey suggests a third of councils planning Council Tax rises

No Conservative worthy of the name should be contemplating a Council Tax increase with the vast potential for further savings

UKIP join forces with trade unions to fight spending cuts

Cutting staff numbers could be avoided by a really big Council Tax increase. Is that what UKIP’s Hampshire councillors favour?

The DCLG has scrapped spending on PR consultants and lobbyists

The DCLG only funds those who lobby against their policies

Buckinghamshire County Council proposes Council Tax rise

Has the council really exhausted all potential for sharing services, for example – both with the districts and the neighbouring counties?

Pickles cuts Council Tax for granny flats

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Finding out who put up your council tax? Good luck with that

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