Miliband calls on government to give flood victims council tax break

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Cameron responds with government commitment to fund councils that give council tax rebates to people whose homes have been flooded

Ed Miliband today stepped up his attack on the coalition's handling of the floods, demanding that urgent steps should be taken to exempt flood-hit homes from council tax while their properties are being...

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