Tweet Labours Tax Bombshell.Please sign our petition. Local Tax for Local Services Current Local Tax for Local Services National Issues Get involved Your details Leave this field blank Labour's proposed local government funding settlement means that £50m of Wokingham Borough taxpayers' money will be taken by the government and redistributed to other councils, often Labour controlled councils.For every additional £100 of Council Tax hard-working residents pay, £78 will be taken from us by this Government and used to fund services elsewhere in the country.This unprecedented move turns Council Tax from a charge for local services to a wealth tax, threatening to strip our residents of much-needed services. Should your local Council Tax be used to pay for services in councils elsewhere in the country? yes no I call upon our two Wokingham Borough MPs, Yuan Yang (Labour) and Clive Jones (Liberal Democrat), to publicly challenge the proposed local government funding settlement and lobby government for fairer funding yes no