Cash-strapped Surrey County Council refuses to rule out...

Surrey residents could face hundreds of pounds in extra council tax bills next year as the authority plots an eye-watering 16 per cent hike, it has been claimed.Although the council leader has insisted the final figure is yet to be decided, County Hall has refused to rule out proposing a whopping increase - which would prompt a public vote - as the authority grapples with a spiralling funding crisis.A 16 per cent rise – reported by the Municipal Journal to be the figure under...

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