Camden Conservatives propose 3% Council Tax cut

Labour-run Camden council is freezing the Council Tax for the coming year rejecting a proposal from the Conservatives for a… Read more »

Chesterfield abandons plans for Council Tax rise

Labour-run Chesterfield Borough Council has abandoned plans for a 3.5% Council Tax rise after opposition from residents. As I reported… Read more »

Spelthorne is the 16th Tory Council to propose tax rise

What is about the Conservative Associations in Surrey that they produce such financially incontinent councillors? At least that is the… Read more »

306 councils agree to freeze or cut Council Tax

I have paid a lot of attention to the cynical decision of some councils (including a few rogue Conservative local… Read more »

Roll of shame: The 15 Tory councils planning tax hikes UPDATED

As has been stated many times the responsibility for setting the level of Council Tax is with the elected councillors…. Read more »

Survey shows bureaucrats want end to Council Tax freeze offer

An interesting survey by the Municipal Journal and the Local Government Information Unit on the attitudes of Council Finance officers… Read more »

Some difficult facts about implementing a Mansion Tax

John Moss, Conservative candidate for the City & East London Assembly seat, says that introducing higher Council Tax bands would… Read more »

Stirling and Three Rivers latest Council Tax cutters

Lord Forsyth will be pleased. Stirling Council has agreed a 1% Council Tax cut, the first Scottish Council to bring… Read more »

Council Tax freeze agreed for Brighton & Hove

Excellent news from the Brighton and Hove Council meeting last night where Labour and Conservative councillors joined forces to approve… Read more »

D-Day for Brighton and Hove Council Tax

The Green-run administration in Brighton and Hove appear to be facing defeat over their plans to increase the Council Tax…. Read more »

In Peterborough two more Tory councillors quit as Council Tax rise approved

Peterborough City Council has gone ahead with its very damaging proposal to increase the Council tax by 2.95%. The opposition… Read more »

Chorley to cut Council Tax by 1%

Excellent news from the Chorley Guardian that Conservative-led Chorley Borough Council is to cut the Council Tax by 1%. It… Read more »

Wirral proposes 3% Council Tax cut

I am delighted to see that Wirral Council, now against Conservative-led, is proposing a 3% cut in Council Tax. The… Read more »

Brentwood to cut the Council Tax by 2.1%

Congratulations to Cllr Louise McKinlay, the leader of Conservative-run Brentwood Council and her team on achieving a 2.1% reduction in… Read more »

Cllr Colin Barrow: Westminster delivers Council Tax freeze for fifth year running

Cllr Colin Barrow, the Leader of Westminster City Council says council leaders should spend as if it was their own… Read more »