Question follow-through · 27120
Council Tax: Reform
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of replacing Council Tax with a Proportional Property Tax.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 3 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 7 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 10 Sept 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of replacing Council Tax with a Proportional Property Tax.
7 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Sept 2026
Answer published
Council Tax is a vital source of income for Local Authorities, which the OBR forecasts will raise £50.9 billion across England in 2025/26. The new High Value Council Tax Surcharge (HVCTS) makes the Council Tax system fairer by adding charges to high valu...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
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