If Your Council Tax Bill Causes You Hardship... ; It Is a Remarkable Claim That Despite the Most Generous Central Government Grant in the History of Torbay - a Whopping 8.6 Per Cent Increase - the Mayor has Imposed One of the Highest Council Tax Rises in the Region.

Herald Express; Torquay (UK) › March 08, 2008

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It is A remarkable claim that despite the most generous central government grant in the history of Torbay - a whopping 8.6 per cent increase - the mayor has imposed one of the highest council tax rises in the region.

Council tax rises tend to hit the pockets of the poorest hardest partly because the help that is available doesn't get to reach them.

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If Your Council Tax Bill Causes You Hardship... ; It Is a Remarkable Claim That Despite the Most Generous Central Government Grant in the History of Torbay - a Whopping 8.6 Per Cent Increase - the Mayor has Imposed One of the Highest Council Tax Rises in the Region.

According to Government figures, as many as three million families living in poverty are missi...

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