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A LABOUR MP has called for council tax to be doubled on some UK homes to combat local authority cuts - with the average home seeing a £350 rise.

Chris Williamson, a close ally of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, proposed a 100 per cent hike for properties worth more than £320,000.

Band D homes valued between £68,000 and £88,000 would see a 20 per cent increase in their council tax under the plans, adding up to an average rise of £350 a year.

Those worth less, in Bands A-C, would have their contribution frozen.

The proposals were slammed as "reckless" by the Tories, who argued they would hit ordinary workers unfairly.

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£320,000 is the starting price for a very modest terraced house in our area.

“They're not even in government but still Labour can't help themselves in wanting to put their hands in hardworking households' pockets to pay for their reckless plans.

“Chris Williamson is a key Corbyn ally so if ever they got into power taxpayers would certainly suffer badly.”