Eight programmes in which BBC correspondents investigate important current issues and developments in the news. 2: How High the Rates? On the day the new rate increases are released, local government correspondent
John Hosken reveals which councils will be badly hit by rate-capping, and which will cope within Government guidelines; many ratepayers will face higher rates and fewer services. The programme hears from the Government on its policies and from the grassroots on paying till it hurts.