Councils prepare to set tax rises
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Council tax in Scotland is set to rise by an average of about 4% in the coming year, BBC Scotland has learned.
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Businesses in a London suburb became the first in the country yesterday to agree to pay higher rates in exchange for a council pledge to pump the cash into local improvements.
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Plans for a large increase in the numbers of wind turbines around the UK coast have been set out by ministers.
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Business & money: Tough new planning restriction to try to stem rise of so-called 'Tesco towns' to be unveiled this week
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Chancellor Alistair Darling is due to meet business groups for talks on his planned changes to capital gains tax.
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TORONTO -- Mayors from 10 of Canada&#39;s largest cities have agreed to wait three years for a promised increase in gas-tax revenues from the federal government.
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Public borrowing is set to rise and the government will need to raise taxes or reduce spending to decisively cut the deficit, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development says.
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The Bank of England is expected to raise interest rates to 5.75% at its monthly meeting this week.
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A Â£500m fund for councils which build more homes is announced by the government.
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The vast majority of Scottish local authorities expect to freeze council tax, says a BBC survey.
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The government will not back down on controversial changes to capital gains tax when it unveils its plans.
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Council tax bills are expected to rise by four percent in April despite many local authorities warning that they will have to cut services because of funding shortages, reports said Thursday.
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To help homeowners with high property taxes, Governor Deval Patrick is proposing to extend a disputed measure that temporarily allows municipalities to collect a greater share of taxes from business properties.
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GORDON BROWN faces having to raise taxes or cut spending to curb burgeoning public borrowing, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said yesterday.
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Many councils make more money from services such as parking and swimming than council tax, a survey says.
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Incoming prime minister Gordon Brown hints at a tax raise.
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By Destin Log, Fla.  Sep. 13--You can bank on it: When our city councilors talk about spending our tax dollars, a crowd is likely to show up.  Last week, more than two dozen taxpayers turned out for a meeting at the City Hall Annex.