Cllr Bill Revans welcomed the findings of a cross-party parliamentary report that described the current funding model as ...

In April, nine in ten councils enforced the maximum possible council tax rise of 4.99 per cent, with six given permission to ...

A committee of MPs said the Government should overhaul the "unfair and regressive" council tax system and give councils the ...

City Council approved the ordinance that will phase in the Occupational Tax increase Monday evening. While the current rate is 0.6%, that is set to go up to 0.9% on July 1 of this year, then up to ...

Somerset Council sold off £90m of assets last year - with plans to raise a  £35m from further sales in the current financial year.

Council tax in North Somerset is to rise by 1.5% in the coming year after the local authority agreed to an increase. The rise will see an average Band D property pay an extra 33 pence a week.

Three other Somerset towns – Bridgwater, Yeovil and Weston – are also included in the top ten council tax precepts in the country. Each are on a list of 150 councils that have precepts exceeding £1 ...