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Councils shouldn’t be allowed to raise tax by 25%

28 January 2025

8:02 PM

28 January 2025

8:02 PM

It is easy enough to trace the point at which local authorities embarked on the sad, downwards journey which has led to several going bankrupt. It was when they renamed their town clerks ‘chief executives’. In doing so they started posing as private businesses, with salaries and bonuses to match.

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