{"id":115000,"date":"2020-03-19T07:01:37","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T00:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/council-tax-reform-would-help-level-up-north-of-england\/"},"modified":"2020-03-19T07:04:39","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T00:04:39","slug":"council-tax-reform-would-help-level-up-north-of-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/council-tax-reform-would-help-level-up-north-of-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Council tax reform would help 'level up' north of England"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nBills could fall by 20% if system mirrored house price growth over past 30 years, says IFSMore than 10m households would benefit from lower council tax bills if the government reformed the \u201carbitrary and unfair\u201d annual property charge to reflect the growing divide between London and the south-east and the rest of England.The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said average bills across most of the Midlands and north would fall by more than 20%, with more modest falls across much of the south-west and parts of east England should ministers introduce a system more aligned with house price growth over the past 30 years. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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