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The shadow council elected to oversee the transition to the new system requested a change to "Hinckley and Bosworth", which was agreed by the government on 20 November 1973, before the new district formally came into being. [4] The new district was awarded borough status from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of ...
A leaflet explaining the Community Charge (the so-called "poll tax"), Department of the Environment, April 1989. The Community Charge, commonly known as the poll tax, was a system of local taxation introduced by Margaret Thatcher's government whereby each taxpayer was taxed the same fixed sum (a "poll tax" or "head tax"), with the precise amount being set by each local authority.
Hackney London Borough Council, also known as Hackney Council, is the local authority for the London Borough of Hackney, in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in London. The council has been under Labour majority control since 2002. Since 2002 the council has been led by a directly elected mayor.
A cash-strapped local authority is proposing to increase council tax by up to almost 15% from April. Bradford Council, which kicked off its year as UK City of Culture on Friday, said more ...
Rates in England and Wales in 1990 were briefly replaced with the Community Charge (so called "poll tax"), a fixed tax per head that was the same for everyone within a council area, a figure that could differ greatly per local authority.
The bedroom tax is a United Kingdom welfare policy whereby tenants living in public housing (also called council or social housing) with rooms deemed "spare" experience a reduction in Housing Benefit, resulting in them being obliged to fund this reduction from their incomes, move home, or face rent arrears and potential eviction by their landlord (be that the local authority or a housing ...
The 2023 Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council election was held on 4 May 2023, to elect members of Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council in Leicestershire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England. [1] All sixteen wards were for election, each with between one and three councillors to be elected.
Added some of that in. Probably needs fleshing out more, particularly the pro-council-tax argument (I'm sure the government have made some statements in defense of it!) 136.2.1.101 11:48, 24 March 2006 (UTC) -- There should be some discussion on council tax benefit which is a complicated system.