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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Kiran Stacey Political correspondent

Wes Streeting fails to rule out council tax rise if Labour wins election

Wes Streeting appearing on the BBC1 current affairs programme Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Wes Streeting appearing on BBC One’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. Photograph: Jeff Overs/BBC/PA

Wes Streeting has failed to rule out an overhaul of the council tax system if Labour win next month’s election, as the shadow health secretary said the party wanted to do more in power than it had promised in its manifesto.

Streeting told BBC One’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg none of his party’s manifesto pledges required a rise in council tax. But pushed by the presenter to rule out the country’s first revaluation since 1991, he refused to do so.

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