Council tax

Update: 12.01pm, 1 April 2014: It was confirmed to us at midday today (1 April), that this was a foolish policy after all and won't be going ahead. Mr I. M. Fibbing, senior lecturer in architecture at a red brick university, says: "We're relieved that this was just a silly joke."

The number of people struggling to pay their council tax in England soared last year, according to debt charity StepChange.

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Councils in England will be given a budget to freeze their council tax for the next two years, Chancellor George Osborne announced today in his Spending Review.

Citizens Advice warns of a possible 'bailiff boom' as soaring numbers of people struggle to cope with council tax benefit cuts.

Around 2.4 million families in England face an average hike in their council tax bills of £138 next week, according to an anti-poverty charity.

Households who try to get their council tax band lowered have been given a boost after the Government said it will push the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) to consider appeals no matter when they are made. Currently, many people are wrongly turned away if they appeal more than six months after moving in.

More than 40% of local authorities across England will increase council tax bills, despite Government calls to freeze them, a survey has revealed today.

Households in England will be able to spread their council tax payments over the full tax year, rather than over 10 months as now, from April.