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Originally Posted by Gary L
35p!
That should make a big difference to people finding it hard at the moment.
I expect 15p of it is reduced for the police cuts.
5p for the bin collections being reduced, and 15p for the big massive council service cuts.
Infact. if they weren't making such big massive cuts. then they probably would have had to double the council tax to pay for it all.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12686000
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It makes a bigger difference than you think. If bills were allowed to increase simply to cover inflation the average increase would be about £40. Any
increase in council tax of
less than £40 is in real terms a decrease in what you pay.
So if the actual figure falls, rather than rising by £40 or less, then the real terms cut in your council tax is even larger.
How quickly we forget the massive council tax increases of the late 90s and early noughties.