Replacing the Rates system, the Poll Tax is introduced in Scotland before the rest of the country. Deeply unpopular, it leads to the biggest protests since the Miners' Strike. Video: Inside ...

Council tax is different. It has to be paid every month out of taxed income. It is, in the economists’ jargon, perceptible. Some economists claim this is a good thing: the more perceptible taxes are, ...

Glasgow's fierce opposition to the highly controversial poll tax saw the council rack up approximately £125 million of uncollected community charge debt to the UK Government.

Thatcher introduced the poll tax, officially known as the community charge, at a flat rate for every adult. Used to fund local government, first in Scotland, then England and Wales, the levy ...

They claimed the former Tory PM used Scotland to try out her most controversial policies, like the poll tax. Lately, Wales has been serving the same purpose – but not for the Tories. Instead ...

Council tax is increasingly resembling ‘the dreaded poll tax’ with the poorest households feeling the pinch the most, a report warns today. The Resolution Foundation think-tank estimates that ...

Our state police, Police Scotland, has in its own preparations ... the Hate Crime law has the potential to be his very own ...

Thatcher introduced the poll tax, officially known as the community charge, at a flat rate for every adult. Used to fund local government, first in Scotland, then England and Wales, the levy replaced ...