TPA: It’s time council tax was cut

Emma Boon, of the Taxpayers’ Alliance, comments on the government decision to postpone re-valuation of council tax bands in England:

“Council tax has doubled in the last 10 years while many services have been scaled back, executive pay has spiralled out of control and charges have increased; it’s time council tax was cut,

“What’s been happening is that where local councils have looked at trying to find other ways of charging people, it’s just simply meant other taxes… charging people for throwing away more rubbish or fining people and things like that.”