Starmer demands halt to ‘absurd’ council tax rises

By Martin Ford | 11 January 2021

Labour leader Keir Starmer has called for central government to increase funding for local authorities to prevent council tax hikes.

In a speech today, he claimed the Conservative Government had ‘sprayed money on private contracts that didn’t deliver, but won’t give councils the support they need’.

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