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13 Labour MPs have joined our call for Council Tax Reform

It's about time. And there's stirrings in the North of England.

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Oct 14, 2025
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This autumn, the chancellor faces an exhausting equation. Rachel Reeves is faced with a £30bn shortfall in her next budget, while voters are growing increasingly impatient for concrete change.

Some MPs have an answer: scrap council tax.

Last month, 13 Labour MPs, mostly from the North, wrote to Reeves asking her to abolish the tax and rep…

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