Rupert says "Watch out for even bigger Council Tax rises next year"

12.00.00am UTC (GMT +0000) Thu 17th Mar 2005

The tax rise the Chancellor didn't mention is Council Tax revaluation, which is due to start on 1st April. The Welsh experience suggests over 7 million people in England will pay significantly more.

The REAL alternative to the Council Tax. We would scrap the Council Tax, and replace it with a fair tax based on the ability to pay. Over half would pay less. A quarter would be unaffected. A quarter would pay a bit more.

A typical family would be £450 a year better off and half of all pensioners wouldn't pay at all.

If you want to know how much you would pay under the Liberal Democrats Local Income Tax then check out www.axethetax.co.uk. The website enables you to use your own personal figures to find out what you would pay in a totally impartial way. Don't just listen to what your local politician says check it out from a completely unbiased source!