A select committee report said the link between tax and the quality of services is broken and risks undermining democracy.

If you are part of the band D council tax bill, you pay on average £2,171, working out at £217 in 10 instalments. But paying in 12 instalments will bring the monthly bill down to £181.

A local authority that raised council tax by the maximum amount this year has cut bin collections to once every three weeks.

This is exaggerated. The bill creates deductions for tips and overtime, but those breaks are temporary. And its tax reductions for Social Security benefits are even more limited. The Senate bill ...