Council Tax Protest, January 2004
For the benefit of everyone who doesn’t live in the UK, Council Tax is a form of personal taxation based on the value of the property that you live in (rented or owned), which is split into different bands. Personally I pay just under ?900 per year to Barnet council, which helps them pay for things like roads and public services. Last year saw massive rises of up to 20% in some parts of the country. Consequently pensioners were the hardest hit, as their pensions certainly didn’t go up by the same sort of percentages. In January a Council Tax Protest took place in Central London, starting as always in Trafalgar Square, and attended by several thousand angry pensioners.