Sentence examples for scrap councils from inspiring English sources

The Government has already said it will scrap councils' ability to introduce "pay as you throw" schemes to penalise householders who produce more waste, labelling the measures brought in by Labour as "bin taxes".

He would scrap the national curriculum, scrap council tax, and restore councils' right to tax local businesses.

We should scrap council tax and stamp duty, replacing both with a land value tax collected by local authorities.

If Labour was still capable of listening, they'd have heard the call to scrap council tax.

Yes (and look now at the way in which Lib Dem proposals to scrap council tax are forcing the pace of reform of local government finance).

We have a long-term commitment for a progressive form of property taxation based on land values, but in the short term, we propose to scrap council tax and its requisite infrastructure.

The Liberal Democrat pledge to scrap council tax in favour of a local income tax that would have increased taxes for many middle-income households may also have turned off Tory voters.

Faced with savage budget cuts, Newcastle is the first city to plan to scrap council funding to theatres and other arts venues - and more cities may follow suit.

But despite the admission, the policy has not been officially scrapped; councils are still told they will receive no new money for refurbishments unless they hand their houses to the private or voluntary sector.

By scrapping council tax.

His "scrapping council tax revaluation" shamelessly leaves property at 1993 prices, another bonus for the wealthy.