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   Local Government Finance - Thresholds for Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases
  
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  The majority of MPs voted in favour of setting the threshold of council tax increases for 2012-13 which would prompt a referendum at either 3.5 or 4% depending on the body concerned. 
  
  The majority of MPs supported the motion moved by Grant Shapps MP[1] which stated:
  
  : That the Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2012-13[2], which was laid before this House on 31 January, be approved.
  
  
  The thresholds contained in the report and approved for 2012-13 were:
  
  * Greater London Authority : 3.5% in the City of London and 4% elsewhere. 
  * Any police authority or fire and rescue authority : 4%
  * Any authority which has power in relation to 2012-13 to calculate basic amounts of council tax for its predecessor areas under [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/3022/part/4/made Part 4 of the 2008 Regulations] : 3.5%
  * Any other authority : 3.5% 
  
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  * [1] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2012-02-08b.361.0#g361.1 Grant Shapps (Welwyn Hatfield, Conservative), House of Commons, 8 February 2012]
  * [2] [http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/other/9780108511356/9780108511356.pdf Referendums Relating to Council Tax Increases (Principles) (England) Report 2012-13 via official-documents.gov.uk]
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