Sentences with phrase «council tax bills»

The average council tax bill will rise by the lowest amount for more than a decade, the government announced today.

Anyone struggling to pay council tax bills are advised to call their council as soon as they can to stop problems building up.

We must accept that we are all legal consumers whether as the victims of an accident or facing increased insurance premiums or council tax bills due to the cost of claims.

Former chancellor George Osborne previously introduced a social care precept that allows councils to charge up to an extra 2 % on council tax bills in order to fund social care services.

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Last year the scheme cost # 5.5 billion - a hefty chunk of Council Tax bills.

It comes as it emerged ministers will tomorrow announce that local authorities will be allowed to raise council tax bills by 6 % over the next two years to help raise cash for social care.

The right of veto is expected to be in place for council tax bills issued in March 2012.

It appears that Labour has divided Britain up into 10,000 localities with particularly «nice» localities likely to receive higher council tax bills if Labour wins the next election.

Council tax bills across England will rise by three per cent in the coming year - a drop on previous estimates.

As the authority has the power to raise council tax bills in London as well as nearby Hertfordshire and Essex, the Tories suspected it would be used as a «Trojan horse» to increase local taxpayers» share of the Olympics bill.

The Conservatives are bidding to capture the grey vote in the run - up to the general election with a policy of reducing council tax bills for millions of pensioners.

Conservative Party leader Michael Howard has promised that the Conservatives would halve council tax bills for the over 65s.

He said his final budget as Mayor of London, would see Band D council tax bills slashed by a further # 19 in 2016.

The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (Cipfa) tax survey found the average Band D English council tax bill is expected to be # 1,438.87, a marginal reduction of 35p on last year.

Average water bills across England and Wales are noticeably higher than those in Northern Ireland and in Scotland, where water is publicly owned and embedded into an itemised council tax bill.

«It comes as no surprise that a man who couldn't even pay his own council tax bill can't be bothered to read his own official handbook,» said shadow local government minister Caroline Spelman.

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«Hard - working families and pensioners were left feeling powerless and frustrated under the previous government, as council tax bills doubled while their frontline services like weekly bin collections were halved,» Mr Pickles said.

Council tax bills hit # 1,439 on Band D in England in 2010 - 11.

Precepts are also added to people's total council tax bills by the local Police Authority and any relevant Fire and Civil Defence Authority.

«Rubbish collections are the most visible service that people get for their # 120 a month council tax bill.

The idea of a mansion tax by the back door through vastly inflated council tax bills is nonsense.

The average council tax bill in Britain has risen by 121 per cent since 1993/94, according to research from Halifax - and pensioners are feeling the strain.

Part of that process must involve avoiding passing on the pain in high council tax bills.»

Council tax bills in England and Wales could rise by an average of # 53 a year, an independent investigation has discovered.

Council tax bills across England have doubled since 1997, pushing the average bill to # 120 a month for a Band D home.

The Greater London Authority is a «precepting authority», which, along with the Metropolitan Police Authority and other bodies, adds a «precept» for its services to the council tax bills issued by the borough councils.

Council tax bills could hit # 1,500 a year in some areas next April, after new accountancy rules force tax hikes of up to three per cent.

David Cameron's local authority West Oxfordshire, for example, only lets those hit by the failure of flood defences off half of their council tax bill.

«More than two million people face significant increases in their council tax bills from next Monday, says a new study from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

«I had given all documentation to show she'd been living here — council tax bills, all kinds of bank statements, anything you can imagine.

There would be no increase in the GLA part of Londoners» council tax bills.

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Shadow Assembly Local Government Minister Darren Millar said that every pensioner household in Wales should receive a 30 per cent reduction in their council tax bills.

Hundreds of thousands of the poorest households in England are having their benefits cut every week because they are unable to pay their council tax bill, the Observer can reveal.

England's cohort of newly elected mayors are divided over whether to add an extra precept on to residents» council tax bills to help fund their functions.

Phyllis Starkey, chair of the committee, said it was «unacceptable that a significant number of households in poverty» can not claim any reduction in their council tax bill.

«Gordon Brown and John Prescott have already hiked up council tax bills.

The Gatwick boss also focused on the environmental credentials of his airport's offer and noted that it would pay the council tax bill for any residents directly affected by noise.

Troops serving in Iraq or Afghanistan will receive a reduction on their council tax bill, the government has confirmed.

The Mayor, Boris Johnson, has calculated that the average London household is # 500 better off because of cuts to council tax bills

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband had only put in claims for # 6,300 a year in rent for his constituency home and for utility and council tax bills.

Eliminating this deficit will mean higher council tax bills or bigger cuts to local public services.

Under his leadership of the council, Wandsworth has achieved four star Audit Commission ratings for excellence, whilst keeping the borough's council tax bills the country's lowest

«A massive take of everyone's council tax bill is going on pension costs, rather than emptying bins weekly or cleaning the streets.

A further # 675 million was set aside by the Government to help local authorities keep their council tax bills down for the following year.

Justice secretary Jack Straw received a 50 per cent discount on his council tax bills, but still claimed the full amount for expenses, only realising the mistake later, and then paying back the money.

This year's council tax bills are set amid a tight funding settlement from central government, as well as rising inflation and living costs.

A survey of local authorities across England found the average council tax bill is set to rise by 3.9 per cent to # 52.