Lib Dems block Pickles’ council tax plans
LIBERAL Democrat leader Nick Clegg has blocked a Conservative plan to prevent councils from increasing council tax by more then 1.5 per cent. The proposal, put forward by communities secretary Eric Pickles, would have forced councils to seek a vote in order to increase tax by more than 1.5 per cent. They can currently raise it by two per cent without a vote. A Lib Dem spokesman said to cut the level would have been “unfair.”