Families worse off under 'unfair' Council Tax system

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Published by Max Salsbury for 24dash.com in Housing and also in Central Government, Finance

Families in cheaper homes are paying an unfair amount of Council Tax which the Government must address with radical reforms, a new report claims.The Joseph Rowntree Foundation's (JRF) research has found that a family living in a £320,000 house has to pay only twice as much as a family living in a £68,000 house - even though their home is four times as valuable.The report estimates that 3.7 million households are worse off as a result of the failure to revalue Council Tax because househ...

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