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Your council tax bill for 2010/2011 will be coming through the door any day now, but you might be pleasantly surprised – the average cost is set to increase by the lowest percentage since this tax was introduced in 1993.


Rises are predicted to be 2% with the average about 1.8% – about £25 extra for a typical Band D household. If the predictions are correct, once inflation is taken into account, many households would be expected to see an actual reduction in their overall council tax bills.

Good news for a change, but would the forthcoming election in May have anything to do with this?


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