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Council tax branded 'unfair and regressive' as calls for a tourist tax mount

Council tax branded 'unfair and regressive' as calls for a tourist tax mount

Cash-strapped town halls are being forced to deliver more with less funding, leading to rising unhappiness from voters, the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee said

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