COUNCIL TAX AND PENSIONS IN DEVON

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That this House notes that the expected council tax rise in Devon will exceed ú2.30 per week for a band D property, that the expected pension rise for a single person is only ú1.95 per week, and that this represents a net loss for pensioners; and calls upon the Government to ensure that no pensioner is worse off this year and to abolish the council tax and replace it with a fairer system of local taxation.