chalga Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10551059/Councils-planning-tax-rises-despite-Government-demands.html Conservative councils planning to raise taxes in defiance of Cameron,and after Cameron criticised Labour councils for doing the same. QUOTE: Councils planning to raise their tax bills say they can no longer afford a freeze, citing concerns about cuts to funding from Whitehall and the rising cost of services such as elderly care. More than half of the local authorities preparing to ignore the demands are Conservative-led. The disclosure is likely to embarrass David Cameron who last year accused Labour councils of being out of touch by raising taxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Well it won't effect us will it?? Has ours already gone up??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawny1970 Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Well it won't effect us will it?? Has ours already gone up??? no, its police bins ect, but dont you dare say scc put council tax up, they have not ok, they just jacked up other costs and reduced services Posted from Sheffieldforum.co.uk App for Android Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKvsNixon Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 no, its police bins ect, but dont you dare say scc put council tax up, they have not ok, they just jacked up other costs and reduced services Posted from Sheffieldforum.co.uk App for Android How else do you think the council could cope with the cut in grant from central government? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 The article quotes rises of between £5 and £24 for the year. Gosh, a whole £5. How will I cope? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 How else do you think the council could cope with the cut in grant from central government? Sack off some of the careerer politicians that are clogging up the place and are only there to attempt to make it into whitehall?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeX Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10551059/Councils-planning-tax-rises-despite-Government-demands.html Conservative councils planning to raise taxes in defiance of Cameron,and after Cameron criticised Labour councils for doing the same. QUOTE: Councils planning to raise their tax bills say they can no longer afford a freeze, citing concerns about cuts to funding from Whitehall and the rising cost of services such as elderly care. More than half of the local authorities preparing to ignore the demands are Conservative-led. The disclosure is likely to embarrass David Cameron who last year accused Labour councils of being out of touch by raising taxes. Councils are planning to raise it, they haven actually raised it yet and there is every chance they will not. Labour councils raised theirs by 1.99% to get past the rule of no more than 2%. That's more sneaky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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