The UK’s council tax system is looking increasingly like the hugely controversial poll tax that ended Margaret Thatcher’s premiership with a disproportionate burden is being placed on poorer households.
The warning from the IPPR comes in an analysis of the situation in London published on Thursday, where the disparities are most glaring.
The centre-left think-tank calls for a pilot of reforms in the capital to ease the strain on lower earners. At present, the poorest Londoners pay 8.1% of household income in council tax, while for those in the top income decile contribute just 1.3% of their earnings, according to the analysis.
