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council taxˈcouncil ˌtax noun [singular, uncountable] British English - He also wanted to scrap the council tax discount offered to second-home owners.
- In Tower Hamlets, for example, a 1 percent. spending increase will mean an 11 percent. rise in council tax.
- Like the poll tax, the council tax would also take account of the number of adults in each household.
- On the other hand, the council tax is also a bit-of-a-poll-tax.
- So all you people out there-make sure you pay your council tax.
- They also got a new source of money, the council tax, to replace Mrs Thatcher's hated poll tax.
- This year's two community charges come to £656, while this year's council tax bill will amount to £517.
- We can test the fairness of the council tax by looking at the bill that the Secretary of State himself will face.
a tax which every home in Britain has to pay to local government, based on the area and the value of the house, flat etc |