COUNCIL TAX

Sunak doesn't accept the council tax system is broken

Without the additional £17m a year Somerset Council could have generated through council tax the future looks very bleak indeed, says leader Bill Revans.

‘The Government must act now if local authorities are to survive the severe crisis and financial distress that they face.'

This is not a controversial opinion. In fact, it's not even my opinion. These are the words of the cross-party Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee, quoted directly from their recent report ‘Financial distress in local authorities'.

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