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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Barney Davis

Average family ‘could see council tax rise by £120 a year’

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The average family could be expected to pay £120 more a year in council tax despite Jeremy Hunt’s plans to cut inheritance tax in half for the UK’s richest households, according to reports.

The Treasury will give the green light for local councils to hike their bills by as much as 5 per cent from April next year despite calls from Tory MPs to cut taxes before the general election, according to The Telegraph.

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