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Council tax is an unfair mess - here's a system that could work better

Paul Cheshire


The consensus says that it's a bad tax, yet politicians have been shying away from reforming council tax for decades. Paul Cheshire offers an alternative that could be fairer and act as the wealth tax that many are calling for.


16 September 2025


LSE British Politics and Policy


https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/council-tax-is-an-unfair-mess-heres-a-system-that-could-work-better/

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