council tax

British

noun

(in Britain) a tax, based on the relative value of property, levied to fund local council services

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In Glasgow, the largest local authority by population, the SNP and Greens agreed a 5.9% rise in council tax, expected to be among the lowest in Scotland.

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Focused more on the problems of poverty, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation is advising manifesto-writers to go bold on change to the "broken" council tax system.

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Councils had the power to charge more council tax for second homes and the ministry was "removing the incentive for landlords to prioritise short-term holiday lets over longer-term homes", a spokesperson said.

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He said recent changes to council tax rules in Wales, which allow councils to charge up to 300% of the standard rate on second homes, had reduced demand from that group of buyers.

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Scottish Borders Council has already agreed an 8.5% rise in council tax, a figure which is more than 2.5 times the current rate of inflation.

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