Manchester City Council approve 3.7% Tax Rise

[Cobbydaler]

Solid, safe Labour seat and the worst record in the country for collecting unpaid council tax...

Fleece the honest tax payers to allow the avoiders free reign...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...ester-21713846

Councillors in Manchester have approved a 3.7% tax rise to tackle a £40m funding black hole.

Plans to end the council tax freeze were approved, meaning residents will see a rise of 3.7% in 2013-14.

The council also plans to cut 830 jobs and close several swimming pools to deal with the "inescapable" cuts.

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co....cil-tax-893971

Manchester has more uncollected council tax than anywhere in England, according to government figures. Almost 10 per cent of council tax owed to the town hall went unpaid in 2009/10, a new league table shows. That is the greatest percentage of cash written off by any authority in England.

Typical Leese et al imposing emotive financial cuts for blatant political purposes...

[MovedGoalPosts]

If they are going to raise it by that amount I think they might have to hold a referendum?

But it just shows how out of touch any politician is. Raise costs as noone has any choice but to pay and to hell with the consequences that real pople aren't making any money and are being squeezed excessively.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by heero_yuy

Well our council tax is frozen for the third year running. True blue Tory south here.

You get what you vote for.

Well Worthing true blue as it is has been returning True Tory blue councils since 1945 as far as l know heero.

[Dash: CF noob]

3.5% Here..