The Labour Manifesto commits to:
A Labour government will give local government extra funding next year.
We will initiate a review into reforming council tax and business rates and consider new options such as a land value tax, to ensure local government has sustainable funding for the long term.
Council Tax is still based on values in the nineties with top band set at £320k. Governments of both stripes have disgracefully ducked issue of a revaluation. If Wales is anything to go by that would give more bands and a more equitable, less regressive, charge.
I suspect what Ambo refers to is Tory speculation, Phil Hammond reported in today's Telegraph, as to what that reform might mean.
Last edited by: Bromptonaut on Mon 5 Jun 17 at 15:21
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