Big Brother Cameras in Bedroom to Decide Tax ; Councils Can Now Enter Homes for Revaluations

Evening Standard - London › November 15, 2005

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COUNCIL tax inspectors will be given powers to enter people's homes and take photographs of their bedrooms, it was reported today.

Whitehall documents reveal they will be allowed to "obtain factual information from internal inspections" as part of the plans to revalue 22 million properties in England.

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Big Brother Cameras in Bedroom to Decide Tax ; Councils Can Now Enter Homes for Revaluations

Caroline Spelman, the Tories' local government spokesman, said: "Labour's council tax...

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