council tax

British

noun

(in Britain) a tax, based on the relative value of property, levied to fund local council services

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Another man told the BBC the annual cost of his late mother's flat was more than £11,000 a year once ground rent, council tax and services charges were combined.

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You still have to pay council tax on the property - estimated to be nearly £800 this year.

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Reform's national campaign last year did not specifically promise to cut council tax, though it did make vows about lower tax in the long term.

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Most of her debts snowballed from being unable to pay essential bills such as utilities, council tax and rent.

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Changes to council tax rules are like a "disease" that risk "wiping out tourism in Wales," an industry body has claimed.

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