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Council collection rates under scrutiny

A spending watchdog has urged local authorities to improve efforts to recoup more than £4.5bn in unpaid council tax and business rates charges.

A spending watchdog has urged local authorities to improve efforts to recoup more than £4.5bn in unpaid council tax and business rates charges.

The exhortation follows publication today of the Audit Commission's final value for money report on English council's collection rates.

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