council tax

Police budgets are made up of funding from both central government and local government and the increase assumes a rise in the police council tax precept, Treasury documents suggest.

The meeting heard calls for council tax to be reimbursed and for residents to organise a bulk delivery of waste to the council itself.

However, the documents strongly suggest there will be rises in council tax in the future, to improve local authorities' spending power.

That is partly because National Highways is obliged to pay insurance and council tax on the unneeded properties, including an empty house premium.

One ambitious backbencher has backed a land tax and argued for £20bn of revenue-raising, including a revaluation of council tax in England, and higher levies on the savings and investments of high earners.