Dan Peters 14 June 2024

Greens to push for council tax revaluation

Elected Greens will push for a re-evaluation of council tax bands to ‘reflect big changes in value’ since the 1990s, the party has pledged in its manifesto.

Greens said their ‘long-term policy aim’ was a land value tax so that those with the ‘most valuable and largest land holdings would contribute the most’.

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£150,892 plus car allowance (£8,153-£10,192)

At Alternative Futures Group, we believe quality is not measured by processes alone. It is measured by the difference we make to people's lives. Hybrid / North West

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£24681.0000 - £29037.0000 per annum

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Youth Justice Practitioner

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