Council tax is increasingly resembling ‘the dreaded poll tax’ with the poorest households feeling the pinch the most, a report warns today. The Resolution Foundation think-tank estimates that ...

The study likens the situation to the early 1990s when the Thatcher government tried to introduce a flat-rate poll tax with limited rebates for poorer families, triggering a political backlash ...

BOSTON, Feb. 11.--The resolve abolishing the poll tax as a prerequisite to voting was this afternoon agreed to in the Lower House of the Legislature by the large vote of 177 to 50. View Full Artic ...

Thatcher introduced the poll tax, officially known as the community charge, at a flat rate for every adult. Used to fund local government, first in Scotland, then England and Wales, the levy ...