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As the row over the spending review continues, the prime minister has washed his hands of expected large increases in local taxation
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Keir Starmer has handed councils the bill for paying for the black hole in UK finances amid warnings of the biggest rises in local taxation in two decades.
The prime minister told journalists on a trip to the G7 summit in Canada that it is up to councils if they want to charge the full 5 per cent increase amid concerns that he has unleashed a series of massive tax rises.
