£1 in every £5 in council tax goes to LGPS, Taxpayers' Alliance claims

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The equivalent of £1 in every £5 raised in council tax in the UK goes towards funding the Local Government Pension Scheme, research from a tax lobby group claims.

The calculations by the Taxpayers' Alliance reveals £5bn of the £253bn raised annually by councils in local tax revenues is spent on employer contributions. Birmingham City Council makes the mos...

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