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Plans to do away with the council tax are to be unveiled by the Liberal Democrats on the 15th anniversary of the poll tax riots.
The party has announced plans to scrap council tax and replace it with a local income tax.
Although not a new policy, the party plans to make it a cornerstone of its general election and local government campaigns.
Under the plans, to be unveiled at the campaign launch on a bus tour of London, the typical family would see bills cut by £450 a year. The Lib Dems say half of all pensioners will end up paying no local tax and about three million should be better off.
Lib Dem local government spokesman Edward Davey said council tax was unfair.
"It hits pensioners and people on low and fixed incomes the hardest, and revaluation is going to make it worse."
The announcement is being made a day before council tax bands are re-assessed in England and Scotland and on the 15th anniversary of the poll tax riots. On 31 March 1990, a rally in central London against the poll tax - which was eventually replaced by the council tax - erupted into riots.
"The council tax has already brought out the protesters, but with seven million families facing a 20% or more hike in their bills, the protests are going to get worse," said Edward Davey.
Labour says it would reform the council tax, while the Tories are offering pensioners a rebate on their bills.
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