council tax

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council tax

noun council taxes

UK, countable, uncountable The taxation paid to a county council towards the costs of local government; some of this money is directed to the parish council or community council by a precept, depending on the locale. In a war of words that has broken out between Khan and Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps, the Mayor was accused of sending revenue-raising proposals to Shapps some three weeks late, giving him little choice but to extend negotiations. Khan countered this by alleging that 'unfair' conditi

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@misc{council_tax_2026,
  title = {council tax},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/council%20tax},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}