One in ten local authorities is defying the Government and planning to increase council tax, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.

Here’s a round-up of stories we haven’t had time to cover on the site this past week… John Leech tables Commons motion calling for Alan Turing pardon (BBC) Manchester Withington’s John Leech submitted the Early Day Motion and said people should sign an online petition protesting against Turing’s conviction. The gay computer pioneer was convicted

A wave of people could be taken to court for failure to pay their full council tax, some have forecast – which would echo the resistance to the poll tax

Today Tory Mayor Boris Johnson has announced a 1 per cent cut in the Mayor's share of council tax. This will save Band D taxpayers in London just £3.10 a year. Ken Livingstone said; "This is just £3.10 a year, whereas I will save Londoners on average £1,000 over four years by cutting the fares on October 7th this year. "I believe in tough times Londoners need a Mayor who wil...

In addition to the Government’s proposals to allow councils to charge full council tax on second homes, other Liberal Democrat MPs and I have tabled an amendment to the Local Government Finance Bill to give councils the discretion to introduce a Second Home Premium. Second home owners often ask why they should be ‘punished’ in

I wrote two weeks ago about Boris Johnson's fake campaign for an inevitable council tax freeze. Day after day, thousands of Boris's supporters have been encouraged to spam London Assembly Members in favour of something that will happen anyway.

Labour has called for Boris Johnson's Australian campaign supremo Lynton Crosby to apologise to Val Shawcross AM after he falsely claimed that Ken Livingstone's running mate was calling for a council tax increase. In an email sent overnight to supporters, Crosby wrote: "But Ken Livingstone's hand picked Deputy Mayoral running mate in the Assembly is leading the Labour charge against...

A councillor explained why bills will go up by 57p rather than accept a government offer to lower council tax bills.

On the 6th May 2011 the Scottish National Party secured a historic majority for the next five year term at the Scottish Parliament. Their manifesto promised to freeze council tax, oppose tuition fees and set a renewable energy target of 100% by 2020. However, more crucially, one of the SNP’s most important pledges was to

Councillors have a "moral duty" to sign up to the government's council tax freeze, according to Communities Secretary Eric Pickles.