Something Wrong Here?
Town Halls, including Richmond's, that set low Council Tax bills are to be "punished" by losing millions of pounds of funding, The Telegraph has revealed today.
New rules have been introduced by Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, under which local authorities that set low council tax will receive less in government grants than those with high bills.
************************************************************************************** Her department has claimed that it would be wrong for the Government to "reward places that have been able to keep council tax levels low".
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It could mean that councils that run their areas more economically have to impose savage cuts to services.
New rules have been introduced by Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, under which local authorities that set low council tax will receive less in government grants than those with high bills.
************************************************************************************** Her department has claimed that it would be wrong for the Government to "reward places that have been able to keep council tax levels low".
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It could mean that councils that run their areas more economically have to impose savage cuts to services.
