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 ...

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 ...

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 ...