Middle classes to pay as council tax is declared dead.

The Daily Mail (London, England);  July 5, 2005 ;     465 words ......experts sounded the death knell for the council tax system. The independent committee set up to review the council tax published its interim report yesterday...local finance, including replacing council tax with local income tax. The review...

Council Tax has Become the Biggest Financial Worry in the UK.

PR Newswire Europe;  April 21, 2005 ;     515 words ......worried about being able to pay their council tax than their mortgage or credit card bills...new research(1). The research about council tax fears was commissioned by leading international...and shows how consumer concern about council tax has dramatically increased. The new...

Poorer households worse off, but richer gain from council tax freeze

The Scotsman;  November 28, 2007 ;     522 words ......Government's flagship policy of freezing the council tax, The Scotsman can reveal. Those living...751,000 households in the four lower council tax bands will be between 18p and 30p a...study which also shows that freezing the council tax will help the better off at the expense...

Plaid calls Cameron council tax plan an attack on democracy.(News)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  November 14, 2007 ;     563 words ......give residents powers to reject council tax rises in a referendum was yesterday...democracy by Plaid Cymru. Tories see council tax as a potent political weapon...voter discontent with bills. Council tax for a typical Band D property...

Missing out on council tax benefits

Evening Times;  May 23, 2001 ;     354 words ......pensioners, are being encouraged to claim their council tax rebates. The city council sent out all 280,000 council tax bills with a special leaflet entitled 'Are you missing out on council tax benefits and discounts'. "There have been some...

COUNCIL TAX FREEZE FOR PENSIONERS.(News)

Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);  November 8, 2006 ;     333 words ......pioneering plan to protect pensioners from council tax increases has been unveiled by Kirklees...introduce the new policy in time to affect council tax bills next year. Council leader Clr...Light said: Since the early 1990s, the council tax has increased by 100%, while the state...

Capital faces 4 per cent council tax hike

Evening News - Scotland;  February 9, 2004 ;     632 words ......EDINBURGH residents are set to face a council tax increase of four per cent for the second...believed to be considering imposing a council tax rise as high as 15 per cent, while in...seven per cent. The lowest projected council tax rise - of 2.9 per cent - will be in...

Money: Council tax: up and up

The Independent - London;  February 8, 1998 ;     700+ words ...COUNCIL TAX bills will typically go up by more than...increase in their grants, but has relaxed council tax capping limits, leading many local authorities to make big increases in their council tax bills. There are massive variations in...

Council tax is out of control

Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  March 28, 2008 ;     676 words ...Council tax bills will smash through pounds120 a...pensioners to have to pay these rises in council tax - it's way over the increase in the pension...Goldsworthy renewed her party's call for council tax to be replaced with a local income tax...

Council tax in firing line as trio of candidates back a tax on property

The Scotsman;  August 11, 2008 ;     550 words ...SCOTLAND looks destined to lose the council tax after all three candidates for the Scottish...Democrats already committed to ending the council tax, there is now a consensus among three...yesterday that he wanted to see the council tax scrapped. "I would immediately signal...

THE GREAT DEBATE: COUNCIL TAX ROW HEATS UP: Jack feels your pain; FIRST...

The Mirror (London, England);  February 13, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Scots they must share the pain of huge Council Tax rises yesterday - just hours before...inflation-busting tax rises yesterday. Defending the Council Tax he said: There is no such thing as a...rises, MSPs won't pay a penny more in Council Tax - because it does not take income into...

Two local authorities are owed nearly pounds2m in council tax arrears

Express & Echo (Exeter UK);  July 25, 2007 ;     379 words ......councils are owed nearly pounds2m in unpaid council tax, it was revealed today. Council tax rebels claim the outstanding arrears prove...Exeter is still to collect pounds800,670 in council tax from 2006- 7. This is despite issuing 3,287...

Pensioners go hungry to pay council tax.

The Daily Mail (London, England);  December 2, 2006 ;     523 words ......crisis in their struggle to pay huge council tax bills, a report reveals today. Many...report, from Help the Aged, attacks council tax as 'unfair' with many pensioners living...meet. The crisis is escalating because council tax bills are rising far more rapidly than...

City tries ad blitz to clear council tax debts

The Scotsman;  May 12, 2000 ;     508 words ......campaign to get residents to pay their council tax debts. A new series of television, radio...to pay. Glasgow council officials say council tax arrears amount to more than 90 million...that local services are dependent on council tax payments and are suffering as a result...

Cash in on new tax rules; Changes may mean you are entitled to council tax...

Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  April 18, 2001 ;     542 words ......especially pensioners, may be losing out on council tax rebates, benefits and discounts because...leaflet, called Are you missing out on council tax benefits and discounts? Glasgow's finance...some changes in the rules for claiming council tax rebates. These changes mean that more...