Taxpayers in 95 per cent of local authorities will be forced to pay far more next year after the vast majority of council leaders opted to raise council tax by the maximum amount permitted.
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The majority of cash-strapped local authorities in England are planning to hike council tax in April as they struggle to stay afloat after years of squeezed funding