Well, yes. A lot of things are done at local authority level for no good reason - although it’s also true that relatively little of that is services where they

Well, yes. A lot of things are done at local authority level for no good reason - although it’s also true that relatively little of that is services where they have zero influence over the cost - they can spend efficiently or inefficiently and offer gold plated services or bare bones. The system was more transparent than comparing band D tax which is what happens now because some local authorities are mostly low band stock and some mostly high band, and that in turn is more transparent than the old rates system.