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GMB anger at £1bn in uncollected council tax

The GMB trade union has claimed more than £1bn of council tax and business rates has remained uncollected this year.

By Jamie Hailstone | 03 February 2012

The GMB trade union has claimed more than £1bn of council tax and business rates has remained uncollected this year.

The union estimates the amount of uncollected council tax in England currently stands at £612,458,780 for 2010/11, and over the same time period, there are uncollected business rates worth £409,371,840.

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