A group of MPs has suggested the government consider a “proportional property tax” to replace the current council tax, in a bid to fund the growing cost of social care.
The idea has come from the all-party Housing, Communities and Local Government committee, which is led by Labour MP Clive Betts but with the majority of members being Conservative MPs.
In a new report the committee says “reforms are needed to ensure the sustainability of local government finances, including an urgent solution to the funding of social care in England.”
New property tax demanded by MPs who want more money for councils
A group of MPs has suggested the government consider a “proportional property tax” to replace the current council tax, in a bid to fund the growing cost of social care. The idea has come from the all-party Housing, Communities and Local Government committee, which is led by Labour MP Clive Betts but with the majority of members being Conservative MPs.
