Reviews could signal end for 'unfair' council tax
THE council tax could be scrapped north and south of the Border under plans being considered by ministers, it emerged yesterday.
Nick Raynsford, the local government minister for England, is expected to suggest ditching the tax in a speech in the next few weeks.
And Scottish ministers are about to commission a wide-ranging review of local government finance which will also involve discussions on replacing the current system north of the Border with something that is fairer to the poor and pensioners.
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