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Badenoch Says She Will Bring In Lawyers to Challenge Government Over Wandsworth's 94% Council Tax Rise

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has said she is enlisting legal advice to challenge the government after a Tory-run council in London approved a 94% increase in council tax, a move the local authority attributes to funding cuts.

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A dispute has intensified over a steep council tax increase approved by Wandsworth Council, a Conservative-run local authority in London, after Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch said she is bringing in lawyers to challenge the government over the matter.

According to the BBC, Wandsworth Council raised its council tax by 94%, a decision the council has attributed to cuts in central government funding.

Badenoch said she intends to seek legal action against the government in response to the increase, though further details of the planned challenge were not immediately available.

The council tax rise has sparked a growing political row, with Wandsworth Council maintaining that the scale of the increase was necessitated by reductions in funding from central government.

The BBC reported that the dispute reflects wider tensions between local authorities and the government over funding levels for council services.

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