Council Tax - How much was your % increase?

[Itshim]

4.9% to £2,507 quite a lot given that I don't use any services other street maintenance and furniture !

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Hugh

Wow!

In Leeds, Band C is £1,740.78.

Cheapest in the country I think and it's Labour-run Wandsworth. (Was Conservative for a long time.)

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Originally Posted by Itshim

4.9% to £2,507 quite a lot given that I don't use any services other street maintenance and furniture !

Half the current rate of inflation so an effective cut.

[GrimUpNorth]

Originally Posted by Itshim

4.9% to £2,507 quite a lot given that I don't use any services other street maintenance and furniture !

Who empties your bins, checks the cleanliness behind the scenes of the local supermarket or takeaway, looks in to what's happening to that withdrawn looking child down the road who's parents are always shouting at them, makes sure the petrol station is actually pumping the amount of fuel you're paying for etc. I could go on but if the council stopped the services you don't realise you pay for you'd probably one of the first to complain.

I remember many years ago when I worked for a different local authority, a chap complained regularly about the road gully not being cleaned often enough. The lady who managed street cleansing arranged for the gully to be swept and the drain cleaned monthly at the start of the shift at 7am. He then complained that he was being woken, but he never complained about the service (or lack of) after that.

Anyway, to sum up you may think it's a waste of money but you'd miss the functions you take for granted if they suddenly weren't there.

[Julian]

Originally Posted by SnoopZ

Now the new Council Tax bills are dropping I was wondering what % your bills have gone up by?

For SCDC mines gone up by 5.83% for 2023.

Mine hasn't dropped at all, it's gone up

[Jaymoss]

Originally Posted by Julian

Mine hasn't dropped at all, it's gone up

He means dropping as in letters on the mat

[Itshim]

Originally Posted by GrimUpNorth

Who empties your bins, checks the cleanliness behind the scenes of the local supermarket or takeaway, looks in to what's happening to that withdrawn looking child down the road who's parents are always shouting at them, makes sure the petrol station is actually pumping the amount of fuel you're paying for etc. I could go on but if the council stopped the services you don't realise you pay for you'd probably one of the first to complain.

I remember many years ago when I worked for a different local authority, a chap complained regularly about the road gully not being cleaned often enough. The lady who managed street cleansing arranged for the gully to be swept and the drain cleaned monthly at the start of the shift at 7am. He then complained that he was being woken, but he never complained about the service (or lack of) after that.

Anyway, to sum up you may think it's a waste of money but you'd miss the functions you take for granted if they suddenly weren't there.

1) I pay for biffa to do that. 2) don't use takeaways so really don't care. 3) I doubt that Tesco fiddles the pump (or is a rubbish dump. the one I use you can clearly see all around ) and I have a good idea how much fuel I need . Add to that I don't use school, library , leisure centre . So generously I pay for other people's services

[Ken W]

Mine has increased by 4.95%

[SnoopZ]

Looks like I'm losing so far my rate is actually 5.6%.

[Mad Max]

4.75% for me.