ANDOVER residents are being forced to pay an ‘unfair tax’ which needs to be axed.

That is the call from Andover town councillors who are considering legal action in their bid to axe the Andover Special Levy which raises around £300,000 a year for Test Valley Borough Council (TVBC).

The levy is currently an extra £21.88 charge, for Band D properties, paid by residents in the parish of Andover on top of their usual council tax bill, and is used to pay for services such as cemeteries, playground maintenance and outdoor sports facilities in Andover.

However, some of these facilities are not solely used by those who pay for it - the Andover parish residents.

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- Firefighter recognised in surprise presentation for 20 years of service

- Leisure centre bosses lodge plan for 'minor changes' - but deny construction error

- Family farm attraction at the centre of author's new book

- Care agency told to improve by inspectors citing safety concerns

- Off-duty officer who fought to save woman's life receives award

- Widower searching for answers still left in the dark over wife's death

- News from our patches, including Whitchurch and Overton and Tidworth and Ludgershall.

- Two pages of YOUR letters.

- Two pages of your local sport.

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