Dexter Smith says Slough Borough Council never asked the government for a 7.99 per cent council tax increase (Image: Slough Borough Council/stock image) The council had previously told councillors and the press it had asked the government for permission to raise council tax by 7.99 per cent. This is because the government has to approve any plan to raise council tax by 5 per cent or more without a referendum. But Conservative council leader Dexter Smith has now insisted this was never his plan. He said:

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