John Wright, chairman of the Teesside branch of the Federation of Small Businesses, said the proposed new
Local Authority Bill on trading and charging will give local authorities power to compete directly against businesses.
Currently the average council tax charge for the police in North Wales - part of the
local authority bill - is pounds 96.56.
On January 24, Parliament adopted the
local authority Bill, and a deal was reached on the controversial subject of the return of police to ethnic Albanian majority areas previously under rebel control.
After recovering from the "living hell" following the fire two years ago, she was hit with the massive
local authority bill.
The Government has passed a new
local authority bill to bring an extra pounds 320 million in road tax next year.
George Osborne will tell MPs that
local authority bills won't rise in England next year - thanks to Government aid.
Ministers are to overhaul the system for dealing with people who refuse to pay their
local authority bills in a bid to boost collection rates.
But even with the rocketing council tax rates, which were among the highest in the UK, South Wales'
local authority bills remain some of the cheapest.
More than 100 various household bills, including main utility and
local authority bills can be paid, fee-free, at the Post Office.
A CONFERENCE which could lead to a revolution in the way people pay for council services or meet
local authority bills was held this week.
