Labour has announced its commitment to a two-year council tax freeze in the next parliament.

Labour has announced its commitment to a two-year council tax freeze in the next parliament.
Scottish leader Iain Gray said that if elected in May the party would not balance its budget on the back of families "already feeling the pinch" from Westminster spending cuts.
And Mr Gray called on First Minister Alex Salmond to remove a Local Income Tax plan from the SNP manifesto, which he said would make Scotland the highest-taxed part of the UK.
Mr Gray said: "My view is that this is not the time for radical change because the economy is still emerging from a severe recession and there is huge uncertainty over the implications of the UK government's proposals to devolve council tax benefit.
"Labour has always believed a property-based tax is the right way to contribute to the cost of local services.
"If any council in future wanted to raise council tax there would be a cap to keep it below inflation.
"There will be no revaluation from Labour in the next Parliament."
The Conservatives' finance spokesman Derek Brownlee said: "For the past four years Labour has opposed the council tax freeze and recently Iain Gray was caught off-guard saying that the freeze would end if Labour got into power.
"This U-turn can't be viewed as anything other than an increasingly desperate Labour Party saying anything to get through the election."
Liberal Democrat finance spokesman Jeremy Purvis said: "We will not be blocking the council tax freeze, because under our saving plans to cut quangos, reduce top pay, cancel bonuses to top bosses and gaining greater efficiency in Government agencies, we can match the reduced funding revenue."