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‘Remove council tax restrictions to improve democratic engagement’: LATIF Online panel

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Removing restrictions on council tax so that local authorities had “genuine choices” to make over tax policy would not only increase options to address councils’ financial issues, but help solve the “lack of democratic engagement” in elections.

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Conrad Hall, corporate director of resources at Croydon Council, put forward the argument during the recent LATIF Online webinar, which focused on changes impacting

Government must tailor the support available to cash-strapped councils to ensure it accelerates – rather than impedes – their recovery, according to the finance lead at Barnet Council.

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