Council tax frozen again: Osborne to pledge there will be no increase before 2013

Council tax is to be frozen again next year as the Government tries to show it understands the mounting pressures on family budgets.

Chancellor George Osborne will announce today that he will spend more than £800million to enable local authorities to avoid painful increases.

The freeze will save the average family £72 next year, on top of another £72 saved from a similar move this year, and means council tax will not rise before April 2013 at the earliest. 

Mr Osborne will say: ‘I want to help families and pensioners with the cost of living.’   Read More

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