Middle-income households to be hit by ‘£2bn council tax bombshell’

Poorer families set to suffer as local authorities consider whether to put up council tax by maximum of 4.99%Millions of council tax payers are in line for increases of up to 5% in their annual bills from April, with those on low and middle incomes hit hardest by a sixth year of increases in England above the rate of inflation.The tax rise, which Labour said amounted to a “£2bn council tax bombshell” for families still coping with the pandemic, will go ahead despite Boris Johnson’s claim that he would end years of austerity. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/money/2021/feb/21/middle-income-households-to-be-hit-by-2bn-council-tax-bombshell #council_tax #local_government #uk_news #politics #society #tax #family_finances