All news on the topic: Council tax
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'Count Binface is the best replacement for Boris Johnson in Uxbridge'
The Uxbridge by-election has a predictable parade of lunatic candidates, says Fleet Street Fox. Count Binface is not one of them
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All the help you can get to pay Council Tax as debts reach 'record high'
The Centre for social justice, which analysed the figures from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing, and Communities, said that Council Tax areas have grown by £510million in the year up to March 2023.
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'I live rent-free in Britain's poshest places - it has allowed me to save £22k'
Mal Jones was sick of paying sky-high rents and traded it in to live on four wheels and now enjoys living in Bristol's Clifton Down - one of Britain's poshest areas - rent free
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2.8million households missing out on £1,000 council tax help - how to claim
Each council runs a Council Tax Support scheme (sometimes called Council Tax Reduction) where you could qualify for money off your bill - we explain how to apply and what help could be on offer
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UK beach labelled 'hell on earth' with 'water too cold' and 'wrong sort of sand'
Tourists took to TripAdvisor to complain about Porthminster Beach in St Ives, Cornwall, ahead of the summer season, criticising overcrowding, litter and the type of sand
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Residents at popular holiday spot blast 'disgusting behaviour' of tourists
Locals of Gwynedd, north-west Wales, have said they are fed up with Airbnb guests and some blamed a change to council rules on second homes for the influx of badly behaved tourists
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Martin Lewis fan shares how they got a £8,500 refund and cut their monthly bill
The recent Money Saving Expert (MSE) newsletter shared a whole host of success stories about people who had saved money by following Martin Lewis' financial advice
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On sale for £250,000 - why this beach hut is the most expensive in Wales
The double-fronted hut is on the main beach in the village of Abersoch, Gwynedd, where the previous hut price record of £200,000 was set in 2022
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Rishi Sunak's election agent duped voters with fake council tax demand
The PM's Tory election agent produced the scam leaflet that scared people into think they owed money as it was made to look like it came from the local council
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'Struggling families want to know how Keir Starmer would make lives better'
Following Labour’s success in the local elections, Keir Starmer will face questions on how exactly he will make life better for the millions struggling up and down this country
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Easy test for anyone earning less than £60k to check if you're missing any cash
In the latest newsletter from Martin Lewis and the Money Saving Expert team, people who earn less than £60,000 have been urged to carry out a simple ten-minute check to see if they're missing out on any cash
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£15-an-hour wage for carers would deliver £7.7bn economic boost - see your area
Workers' leaders today demand a pay hike for carers in a move aimed at filling the 165,000 vacancies blighting the sector and easing gender and race pay gaps
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Woman with tiny cabin in garden gets huge tax bill after neighbour's complaint
Hazel Cullen refurbished a 'garage-sized' cabin in her two-acre garden in Wales to rent out to guests but was shocked to learn the council is classing it as a second home
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Energy giants raking in £60 million a day profits as Tories fail on windfall tax
The Government has been accused of giving these companies “generous and untargeted handouts” by Labour as millions struggle through the cost of living crisis.
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Tearful A&E patient begs Rishi Sunak to 'pay staff fairly' after 8-hour wait
An exhausted patient posted a tearful video to Twitter urging Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to support NHS staff and pay them a fair wage, after waiting almost nine hours in A&E to be seen by a doctor
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Martin Lewis shares six ways you could be owed money back on Council Tax
The Money Saving Expert took to Twitter to tell his followers about the Council Tax discounts which are available
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Millions missing out on £19billion worth of benefit support - what you can claim
Some low income households were found to be missing out on £4,000 worth of support each year
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Grieving son to be kicked out of family home after 63 years weeks after mum died
Gary Brooking, 63, was told he needs to leave the two-bedroom council home in Tilehurst, Berkshire so another family can move in - Mr Brooking cared for his mum for the last 13 years
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'After 13 years, Brits know they’re not better off. Here’s how we change that'
Writing for the Mirror, Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves vows that a Labour government would help workers by kickstarting Britain's economy after years of Tory failure
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Martin Lewis fan explains how their daughter got £10,000 council tax refund
The Money Saving Expert wrote in his weekly newsletter that Ronnie's story had "moved" him and it inspired him to write an entire section on council tax
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Campaigners to highlight £1.1bn unclaimed Pension Credit with 'invoice' to DWP
Independent Age will deliver the "invoice" to the ministry's Westminster headquarters to raise awareness of the benefit and encourage more OAPs to sign-up
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Council spends £6,000 on structure but people think it looks like a baked potato
The gleaming pebble, created by artist Michael Johnson and which reads “croeso”, was officially unveiled last month by television presenter Iolo Williams and former National Poet of Wales Ifor ap Glyn to mark the tenth anniversary of Wales' coastal path
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Firms will be banned from automatically renewing your subscriptions under Labour
Under new Labour plans, firms will be banned from roping customers into subscriptions that renew automatically as £130 million is spent each year on unwanted subscription plans
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Average earner needs to work 400 years to benefit from Hunt's pension tax bung
The Chancellor announced a number of pension tax cuts that are set to benefit the top 1% of the population and a new study has found it would take the average worker around four centuries to achieve the same
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'Tory mortgage penalty' leaves first time buyers £500 worse off a month
New figures show the average two-year fixed-rate mortgage in January last year was £837, but 12 months later this had risen to an eye-watering £1,303 - a £466 increase
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