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24 Mar 20
The government has confirmed the £500m hardship fund announced during the Budget will be used to fund council tax relief for vulnerable households affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
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19 Mar 20
A reform of the council tax system could see a 50% decrease in payments for people in the most deprived regions of the country, says the Institute of Fiscal Studies.
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26 Feb 20
Chancellor Rishi Sunak must either raise taxes or abandon the government’s fiscal rules if he wants to avoid continuing austerity, a leading think-tank has warned.
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5 Feb 20
Ninety-seven per cent of local authorities in England plan to increase council tax in the next financial year, according to a survey released today.
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6 Dec 19
Local authorities’ biggest source of income also represents the largest area of identified fraud but recent initiatives are changing this, writes CIPFA’s Marc McAuley.
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18 Nov 19
Council tax scams are the most common type of fraud committed against local authorities, analysis out today has found.
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13 Sep 19
False single person discount claims for council tax are the third most prevalent kind of fraud carried out by adults in the UK, according to research.
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12 Sep 19
Local authorities in England and Wales have increased their use of bailiffs by 7% in the last two years, analysis from a charity has found.
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21 Aug 19
MPs are calling on the government to tackle the £5bn funding gap faced by local authorities, warning that services will continue to decline until it does so.
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10 Jul 19
A local income tax would be better than a tourist tax in raising revenue locally for councils, the Institute for Fiscal Studies associate director David Phillips said this morning.
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5 Jul 19
A council tax recovery pilot scheme could be a “double edged sword”, a debt charity has warned.
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25 Jun 19
Council tax is “regressive and inefficient” and needs to be reformed, academics and politicians have said.
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11 Jun 19
Last month’s local elections in England showed a rise in popularity of independents addressing local issues - but what we need is top-down change, writes communities and regeneration writer...
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10 Jun 19
Local authorities have warned of a “new wave” of council tax scams offering bogus refunds or threatening fines.
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23 May 19
Fundamental reform of the council tax will be needed if Scottish councils are to raise additional revenue from local taxation, economists have warned.
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17 May 19
Council tax increasingly resembles poll tax - hitting the poor hardest - for Londoners and must be reformed, a think-tank has said.
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12 Apr 19
Benjamin Franklin might have had it right about the only certainties in life but that doesn’t mean the tax system can’t be improved, says CIPFA’s Rob Whiteman.
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11 Apr 19
The government has pledged to protect people in council tax arrears from aggressive debt collectors.
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8 Apr 19
The largest growing area of fraud being detected or prevented by councils is business rates fraud, yet this represents only a fraction of the total, says CIPFA’s Marc McAuley.
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27 Mar 19
Local authorities in England will put up the average band D council tax by 4.7% next financial year, government stats have shown.
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15 Mar 19
Local government services most likely to suffer from reductions in central government funding are mainly used by women, the director of the Women’s Budget Group Mary-Ann Stephenson says.
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12 Mar 19
Donald Trump’s presidential credentials, employment figures and rough sleeping stats, from the March 2019 edition of Public Finance magazine.
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5 Mar 19
Lone parents and renters are the most likely groups to fall into arrears since local authorities were given control of council tax relief, a think-tank has found.
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5 Mar 19
Residents in England face council tax increases of 4.5% in the coming year – the second highest increase in a decade, according to CIPFA analysis.
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28 Feb 19
Welsh councils should ensure they take “early intervention” to stop more households falling into debt as they look to increase council tax next year, a think-tank has said.
24 Mar 20The government has confirmed the £500m hardship fund announced during the Budget will be used to fund council tax relief for vulnerable households affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
26 Feb 20Chancellor Rishi Sunak must either raise taxes or abandon the government’s fiscal rules if he wants to avoid continuing austerity, a leading think-tank has warned.
5 Feb 20Ninety-seven per cent of local authorities in England plan to increase council tax in the next financial year, according to a survey released today.
6 Dec 19Local authorities’ biggest source of income also represents the largest area of identified fraud but recent initiatives are changing this, writes CIPFA’s Marc McAuley.
18 Nov 19Council tax scams are the most common type of fraud committed against local authorities, analysis out today has found.
13 Sep 19False single person discount claims for council tax are the third most prevalent kind of fraud carried out by adults in the UK, according to research.
12 Sep 19Local authorities in England and Wales have increased their use of bailiffs by 7% in the last two years, analysis from a charity has found.
21 Aug 19MPs are calling on the government to tackle the £5bn funding gap faced by local authorities, warning that services will continue to decline until it does so.
5 Jul 19A council tax recovery pilot scheme could be a “double edged sword”, a debt charity has warned.
11 Jun 19Last month’s local elections in England showed a rise in popularity of independents addressing local issues - but what we need is top-down change, writes communities and regeneration writer...
23 May 19Fundamental reform of the council tax will be needed if Scottish councils are to raise additional revenue from local taxation, economists have warned.
12 Apr 19Benjamin Franklin might have had it right about the only certainties in life but that doesn’t mean the tax system can’t be improved, says CIPFA’s Rob Whiteman.
8 Apr 19The largest growing area of fraud being detected or prevented by councils is business rates fraud, yet this represents only a fraction of the total, says CIPFA’s Marc McAuley.
15 Mar 19Local government services most likely to suffer from reductions in central government funding are mainly used by women, the director of the Women’s Budget Group Mary-Ann Stephenson says.
12 Mar 19Donald Trump’s presidential credentials, employment figures and rough sleeping stats, from the March 2019 edition of Public Finance magazine.
28 Feb 19Welsh councils should ensure they take “early intervention” to stop more households falling into debt as they look to increase council tax next year, a think-tank has said.
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