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Council Tax is a local taxation system used in England, Scotland and Wales. It is a tax on domestic property, which was introduced in 1993 by the Local Government Finance Act 1992, replacing the short-lived Community Charge (also known as "poll tax"), which in turn replaced the domestic rates.
Nottingham City Council would need to increase council tax by 46% or receive a 70% rise in government funding to continue operating as it has done, a new report states. Commissioners were ...
A council said it needed to make "difficult choices" as it proposed a maximum increase to next year's tax bill. Cambridgeshire County Council suggested increasing its share of council tax by 4.99% ...
But on Wednesday, she announced a “record” increase in funding for local authorities, and cautioning against sizeable tax rises. “In 2025-26, the Scottish Government will increase local ...
Council Tax in Scotland is a tax on domestic property which was introduced across Scotland in 1993, along with England and Wales, following passage of the Local Government Finance Act 1992. It replaced the Community Charge (popularly known as the Poll Tax). Each property is assigned one of eight bands (A to H) based on property value, and the ...
In the financial year 2019/20, local authorities received 22% of their funding from grants, 52% from council tax and 27% from retained business rates. [61] In the financial year 2023/24, 51% of revenue expenditure is expected to come from UK Government grants, 31% from council tax and 15% from retained business rates. [27]
The council's full legal name is the "Mayor and Burgesses of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames", although it styles itself Kingston Council. [ 12 ] [ 2 ] The council counts its mayors as forming a continuous series with the mayors of the old municipal borough of Kingston-upon-Thames as first appointed in 1836.
It sets council tax and as a billing authority also collects precepts for Greater London Authority functions and business rates. [13] It sets planning policies which complement Greater London Authority and national policies, and decides on almost all planning applications accordingly.