council tax

noun

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

Example Sentences

According to figures from 2021-22, council tax revenue made up about a fifth of local authority funding.

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One bill that will almost certainly be going up is council tax.

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There is currently a freeze on council tax, but the finance secretary said she did not intend to repeat this measure in 2025-26.

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There are also calls for the SNP to replace the council tax with a new system and to restrict access to "freebies" such as state-funded university tuition.

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She added: "If we have a good settlement, a good budget, then that will affect council tax locally."

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