Council tax
Michael Gove’s local council warns of bankruptcy risk after failed Tory investments
New Lib Dem leadership in Surrey Heath attacks previous Conservative regime for racking up debts of £165m
Richard Partington Economics correspondent
13, Sep, 2023 @3:25 PM
Bailiffs making record profits collecting debt for councils in cost of living crisis
Charities call for an end to the outsourcing of public debt as firms’ turnover rises 50% in a year
Shanti Das
12, Aug, 2023 @1:23 PM
Labour calls for energy firms to pay more tax on £60m-a-day profits
Party wants greater taxation on North Sea profits to fund freeze on council tax for cash-strapped UK households
Mark Sweney
01, May, 2023 @9:30 PM
Britons who keep gardens green should get council tax cut, study suggests
Move suggested to tackle rise in plastic grass and paving, which exacerbate wildlife loss, flooding and summer heat
Helena Horton Environment reporter
20, Apr, 2023 @6:00 AM
PPT, LVT, IHT – which is fairer than council tax? | Letters
Letters: Carol Wilcox, Jeremy Scroxton and Linda Buckingham respond to proposals to replace local government funding arrangements
18, Apr, 2023 @4:39 PM
A property tax based on annually uprated values would be a gamechanger
Replacing the council tax would be popular and the vast majority of UK households would gain
Larry Elliott
09, Apr, 2023 @10:12 AM
Rishi Sunak sidesteps question about whether having private swimming pool means he’s out of touch – as it happened
PM also refused to say what he would do if inquiry into Dominic Raab found justice secretary bullied officials
Andrew Sparrow
31, Mar, 2023 @2:19 PM
‘UK national price hike day’: what to expect and how to lessen blow
From phone and broadband contracts to council tax to energy, a raft of increases come into effect in April
Rupert Jones, Miles Brignall and Jess Clark
31, Mar, 2023 @5:00 AM
‘We live from month to month’: people in UK brace for April’s bill rises
Five readers tell of how they will be affected by jump in council tax, energy, water and telecoms costs
Clea Skopeliti and Jedidajah Otte
31, Mar, 2023 @5:00 AM
Rising bills and tax hikes to make UK families hundreds of pounds worse off
Study commissioned by Guardian details scale of hit to household finances from April
Phillip Inman and Rupert Jones
31, Mar, 2023 @5:00 AM
Postponing state pension age decision ‘not exactly a sign of strength’, Jacob Rees-Mogg tells Tories – as it happened
Latest updates: former business secretary says postponing decision about rise in state pension is ‘a decision in itself’
Andrew Sparrow
30, Mar, 2023 @3:58 PM
Labour would freeze council tax for one year, says Keir Starmer
Party leader says Labour would use windfall tax profits to stop rises, as local election campaign begins
Aletha Adu
30, Mar, 2023 @3:18 PM
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