Badenoch brings in lawyers over Tory-run borough's 94% council tax hike
We do not regard it as fair and will continue to challenge the government by every possible means."Leader of the opposition, Labour councillor Simon Hogg, said: "It's outrageous, it is stunning.
- ▪We do not regard it as fair and will continue to challenge the government by every possible means."Leader of the opposition, Labour councillor Simon Hogg, said: "It's outrageous, it is stunning.
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Badenoch brings in lawyers over Tory-run borough's 94% council tax hikeByEwan SomervillePolitical reporterPublished1 minute agoConservative leader Kemi Badenoch has said she has brought in lawyers to challenge the government over local funding cuts, after a record council tax rise in one of her party's flagship local authorities.She told BBC Newsnight the proposed 94% hike in Wandsworth, a south-west London borough run by the Tories, was "outrageous".Badenoch said the Conservative Party had "instructed lawyers" to explore if an £84m-a-year government funding cut, which Wandsworth Council has blamed for the increase, can be blocked.The government has insisted it needs to reform the "outdated" council funding system to move money to where it is most needed.Wandsworth has long had one of the…
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