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IFS: Council tax support cuts harm poorer workers

Some 80% of English local authorities passed on increased council tax charges to working-age households, economists have reported.

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By Jonathan Werran | 23 January 2014

More than four out of five English local authorities passed on increased council tax charges to working-age households following the abolition of council tax benefit (CTB) last April, economists have reported.

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