Daily Mail: Stealth Charges

Stealth charges imposed by the Health Service and local councils are costing households an extra £10billion a year under Labour, it was claimed yesterday.

The levies include parking tickets, school meals, congestion charges and the cost of hospital telephones and televisions.

The figures, which come from the Taxpayers' Alliance, show the Government took £517.1billion in tax last year, up £223billion on 1997-98.

In that time, stamp duty receipts on property sales rose from £3.5billion to £14.3billion