community charge
Britishnoun
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The poll tax - officially called the community charge - was introduced in Scotland a year before it was rolled out UK-wide.
From BBC • Dec. 29, 2016
The community charge, introduced in Scotland in 1989 and England and Wales in 1990, led to riots in London and a mass non-payment campaign in Scotland.
From BBC • Jul. 20, 2015
In his memoirs, William Waldegrave, who was Conservative MP for Bristol West from 1979 until 1997, described the community charge as "all my own work".
From BBC • Jul. 20, 2015
British voters witnessed the power of reframing and renaming in the 1990s when the "community charge" was rebranded by opponents as the hated "poll tax."
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2015
Her response was the poll tax, properly known as the community charge, levied on an individual basis that would link council spending to local taxes.
From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 2013
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