Council tax set to rise by 4 percent: reports
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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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Sterling rose as the prospect of lower borrowing costs any time soon dissipated after official figures showed the economy growing above its long-term average during the fourth quarter and revealed rate-setters failed to discuss the possibility of lower rates at their last meeting.
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Deficit projections have fueled speculation that the mayor will not call to renew a 7 percent property tax cut enacted by the City Council last year, but the mayor insisted that he did not think higher property taxes were in sight.
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City government finds new ways to raise cash
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The Scottish Government is to hold fresh talks about freezing council tax with local authority representatives.
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Scotland's council tax bills will increase by an average of 1.9% this year, municipal leaders say.
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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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S local authorities defied Jack McConnell last night and set inflation-busting council tax rises of nearly 4 per cent.
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n Overall fourth-quarter retail sales this year are expected to be 6.5 percent higher than last year&#39;s -- the biggest increase since 1999.
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New Zealand central bank Governor Alan Bollard raised the benchmark interest rate to a four-year high and said the sixth increase in 2004 may be the last as the economy slows and the local currency surges.
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Manchester City chairman John Wardle has said discussions have begun which might lead to a large financial boost to the Premiership club.
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By Christopher Curry, Ocala Star-Banner, Fla.  Jun. 12--OCALA--It was like a scene from the twilight zone. Some 200  people packed the County Commission chambers Monday, and many asked to have  their taxes raised.
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Pepco announced yesterday that it plans to increase residential rates for electricity in the District by an average of about 18 percent beginning Feb. 8. An average residential customer&#39;s payment
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The Mayor of London Ken Livingstone, proposes a Â£3 hike to the congestion charge.
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HOUSEHOLDERS in the west Suffolk district of Forest Heath have suffered one of the highest council tax rises in East Anglia since Labour came to power, according to figures published today by Conservative ...
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The ECB is likely to raise interest rates in a regular monthly policy meeting scheduled on Thursday. The key rate that is now at a historic low of 2% will probably be raised to combat inflationary pressures.
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The government is raising billions of pounds more in green taxes than it needs to cut the UK's "carbon footprint", a report says.