Hilary Benn MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, responding to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on council tax hikes for the poorest families, said:

“It is utterly cynical for David Cameron and Nick Clegg to claim they have taken the lowest paid out of tax when over two million low-paid workers, disabled people and carers have had their council taxes forced up under this Tory-led Government.”

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