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Colin Rosenstiel · October 7th 05, 01:47 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Roland Perry) wrote:

In message , at 12:52:53 on
Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Laurence Payne
remarked:
My parents in Putney in a much larger home pay a lot less council Tax
than I do in Cambridge. So I reckon I pay more to support TfL through
my general taxes than they do.

Why? How much of their Council Tax goes to TFL? How much of yours?
You offer no evidence on how much "general taxation" either of you
pay, and where it goes.

These days Council Tax is a general tax because the rate is set (within

very narrow limits) by the Government.

and much more of local government funding comes from general taxes (i.e.
anything except Council Tax). That was my point.

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Colin Rosenstiel