IN FULL | Richard Tice and Reform sound alarm on council tax 'rip-off'

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Reform UK today said it could cut £350 from annual council tax bills by shaking up local authority pension rules. The Party's deputy leader Richard Tice plans to “slash council tax bills” by overhauling council-controlled pension funds. He said "more is spent on pensions in our 13 councils than is spent on defence". Mr Tice told the press conference that money was being poured into climate-related investment funds that were not producing returns, saying: "This is a meaningful cause of under-performance - not the only cause but a meaningful one...we are absolutely determined to stop the rip-off." Reform would be open to paying the Taliban and the Iranian government to accept deportees from Britain. Richard Tice said the approach could be justified as being “in the interests of the British people”, adding: “Sometimes you do deals with people you may not want to go down the pub with.” Continue reading at: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2102673/reform-uk-live-zia-yusuf Read Daily Express: https://www.express.co.uk Like Daily Express on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DailyExpress Follow Daily Express on Twitter: https://twitter.com/daily_express Follow Daily Express on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dailyexpress/ #DailyExpress #News #ukpolitics #richardtice #reform #reformuk #ziayusef #counciltax #ukeconomy