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Minister confirms unfairness of Council Tax

12.00.00am GMT Fri 20th Jan 2006

New facts confirming the unfairness of Council Tax have been revealed in Parliament by the Paymaster General, Dawn Primarolo MP.

Asked by the Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, David Laws to reveal how much people pay in Council Tax as a percentage of their income, Ms Primarolo confirmed what we have been saying for ages: that the Council Tax penalizes the poorest!

Minister confirms unfairness of Council Tax

Here are the damning figures she was forced to reveal: the red bit is how much Council Tax is paid.

It's immediately clear that the poorest poorest fifth of households pays a bigger percentage of his income in Council Tax -8%- than the richest fifth does - less than 2%.

The Lib-Dems will continue the campaign for the abolition of the Council Tax and its replacement by a fair system.

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