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Old 17-01-2004, 09:58   #21
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Re: council tax to be replaced by local derivatives ?

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Originally Posted by ntluser
Council overheads have increased in line with wage and salary increases. In effect councils have to spend more because of the pay of people employed by them and we foot the bill. Local councils are notorious for overstaffing, instead of looking at more effective and more efficient ways of getting jobs done. The same thing can be said about national government too and a lot of publicly owned organisations.
I can agree with everything you have said except the above,

I wish may wages/ income had risen by 500% over the past few years in line with the rises in coucil tax.
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