Local Councils: 2023-24 Budgets Debate
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Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
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Local Councils: 2023-24 Budgets
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Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con)
I cannot tell the noble Lord what inflation figure was used, but I think that 9% is a very reasonable figure in the economic situation that we are in at the moment, due to many things, such as Covid and the Ukrainian war.
Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe (Lab)
Does the Minister agree that one of our problems is that the current council tax structure is well past its sell-by date and needs changing? In those circumstances, and building on the noble Lord’s suggestion about a referendum, would they permit a council to run a referendum for a restructuring of its council tax?