Calls for Councils to Have More Power over Council Tax Backed in Oxfordshire

Conservative councillors fail to revive county-wide unitary authority proposal for Hertfordshire

The Government wants to abolish the current two-tier system of local government - the county council and 10 district and borough councils.

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If you’re on a low income you might be able to get your council tax reduced.

Calls for councils to have more power over council tax backed in Oxfordshire

Calls for councils for have more powers of setting council tax rates amid “huge pressures” for local government have been backed in Oxfordshire.

Elliot Keck: We need a referendum cap on tax rises from parish councils

Elliot Keck is the Head of Campaigns for the Taxpayers’ Alliance. Shirebrook, Peterlee, Whitelackington, Mixbury, Meavy, Kingswood. These are places that, unless you are from there, you are unlikely to ever have heard of. There’s no reason why you should have. Relatively unremarkable places, what they have in common is that they are all home to an unusual governing arrangement. They all have parish, or town, councils. I say unusual, but in fact …