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Conservative-Led Surrey County Council Plans 15% Council Tax Hike
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"A Conservative-run council wants to raise its tax by 15% in the next financial year, blaming government cuts and increased demand for social care"
But I thought Tory Councils were supposed to be cheaper than non-Tory ones, or have I got that wrong somehow ?
"A Conservative-run council wants to raise its tax by 15% in the next financial year, blaming government cuts and increased demand for social care"
But I thought Tory Councils were supposed to be cheaper than non-Tory ones, or have I got that wrong somehow ?
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It's a proposal Mikey, there will be a referendum, which I expect will be respected.
Surrey to hold referendum on 15% council tax hike to fund social care
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Dave.
Surrey to hold referendum on 15% council tax hike to fund social care
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Dave.
From the article:
The proposed increase would add nearly £200 to a Band D bill, bringing it to about £1,500.
From the Gov'ts statistics for this year:
The average Band D council tax set by local authorities in
England for 2016-17 will be £1,530
So yes, it looks like the Surrey's conservative council is slightly cheaper than average.
All the stats are here if you'd like to trawl thru them and answer your own question.
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The proposed increase would add nearly £200 to a Band D bill, bringing it to about £1,500.
From the Gov'ts statistics for this year:
The average Band D council tax set by local authorities in
England for 2016-17 will be £1,530
So yes, it looks like the Surrey's conservative council is slightly cheaper than average.
All the stats are here if you'd like to trawl thru them and answer your own question.
https:/
Zacs....I am not sure about England, but here in Swansea, a Band D house would only cost £1331 per annum, quite a bit below Surrey.
But, when inflation is so low, a rise of 15% in one year, seems extreme to me.
Supposing any Referendum were to reject this massive rise, what Council services would be axed to make up the short-fall ?
But, when inflation is so low, a rise of 15% in one year, seems extreme to me.
Supposing any Referendum were to reject this massive rise, what Council services would be axed to make up the short-fall ?
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"Well, Swansea is Labour-controlled, and its cheaper than Surrey, although comparisons are not that easy I suppose !"
Council Tax Band D 2016-17
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Surrey CC - £1,268.28
Swansea - £1,383.75 (areas without community councils)
[Example Swansea areas with community councils]
Killay - £1,392.94
Mawr - £1,447.09
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Council Tax Band D 2016-17
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Surrey CC - £1,268.28
Swansea - £1,383.75 (areas without community councils)
[Example Swansea areas with community councils]
Killay - £1,392.94
Mawr - £1,447.09
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I think some are missing the point here.
I have just seen the Tory Leader of Surrey Council, David Hodge, being interviewed in CH4 News. He said that he had a very real choice to make.
He either has to raise Council Tax, or he has make cuts to his Social Care program.
He has had meetings with Surrey's 11 MPs, and guess what......they are all Tory, and they are all Tory big-hitters, like Grayling, Jeremy Hunt, Gove, and Hammond, the Chancellor ! All Tory.
But its Hammond's cuts to Surrey's Budget that is the cause of the problem.
Kathy Newman asked him what happened when he met these ministers, he said that they expressed sympathy, but no amount of sympathy was going to help in his Social Care difficulties.
Surrey would seem to be just the sort of area that the Tories should be most proud of.....100% record when it comes to MP's and a loyal local Council. But a Council that is hoping to raise the main tax on their residents by a wacking great 15%, at a time of austerity.
We are all in this together ?.....not in Surrey they aren't.
I have just seen the Tory Leader of Surrey Council, David Hodge, being interviewed in CH4 News. He said that he had a very real choice to make.
He either has to raise Council Tax, or he has make cuts to his Social Care program.
He has had meetings with Surrey's 11 MPs, and guess what......they are all Tory, and they are all Tory big-hitters, like Grayling, Jeremy Hunt, Gove, and Hammond, the Chancellor ! All Tory.
But its Hammond's cuts to Surrey's Budget that is the cause of the problem.
Kathy Newman asked him what happened when he met these ministers, he said that they expressed sympathy, but no amount of sympathy was going to help in his Social Care difficulties.
Surrey would seem to be just the sort of area that the Tories should be most proud of.....100% record when it comes to MP's and a loyal local Council. But a Council that is hoping to raise the main tax on their residents by a wacking great 15%, at a time of austerity.
We are all in this together ?.....not in Surrey they aren't.
Haggis, I think you're slightly off-beam:
'reductions in the central government grant to local government – set to decline by 53% to £5.4 billion between now and 2020 - See more at: http://
'reductions in the central government grant to local government – set to decline by 53% to £5.4 billion between now and 2020 - See more at: http://
Zacs....failed ? ...really ?
This is a flagship Tory controlled Council, in an exclusively Tory part of Britain, and yet the Leader of that Council is having to contemplate huge rises in C.Tax, to pay for Social Care, brought on cuts made to its budget, by....guess who ?.....
A Local MP, who just happens to be Chancellor !
Right on the button, not failed at all.
This is a flagship Tory controlled Council, in an exclusively Tory part of Britain, and yet the Leader of that Council is having to contemplate huge rises in C.Tax, to pay for Social Care, brought on cuts made to its budget, by....guess who ?.....
A Local MP, who just happens to be Chancellor !
Right on the button, not failed at all.
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