Labour says it would freeze council tax bills for one year with proper' windfall tax

Labour will freeze council tax for a year using funds generated by a proper windfall tax on oil and gas giants, Sir Keir Starmer will announce on Thursday.As he launches the party's local election campaign in Swindon, Sir Keir will seek to contrast Labour's approach with the Tories' decision in the Budget to ease pension taxes for the well-off with the scrapping of the tax-free lifetime allowance cap.

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