Council tax

Uther · 21 Mar 2018 at 13:56

Just had the letter drop on the mat, Warwickshire 4.4% rise for us.
County council +3%
Adult social care +2%
Police and crime commissioner + 6.2% :eek:

District council +1%
Parish council -3.9% :confused:

Post your pain

garsands · 21 Mar 2018 at 14:01

West Dorset
5.4% rise
County council +3%
Adult social care +3%
Police and crime commissioner 6.2%
Fire and rescue +3%
District council +3.6%
Parish council +3%

Rroff · 21 Mar 2018 at 14:11

Don't have the exact numbers but its something like 6% for council tax and almost 7% for Police here (Somerset) :s

peterwalkley · 21 Mar 2018 at 14:16

Cheshire West and Chester +5.1%

Combined Charge +3.1%
Adult Social Care +2%
Charter Trustees for Ellesmere Port +4.1%
Police & Crime +7.3%
Fire +3%

D.P. · 21 Mar 2018 at 14:25

So glad I don;t have to pay council tax. Here in Switzerland there is a property tax, since i rent and don't own mans no taxes on my home.

Vanquish-Storm · 21 Mar 2018 at 14:27

peterwalkley said:
Cheshire West and Chester +5.1%

Combined Charge +3.1%
Adult Social Care +2%
Charter Trustees for Ellesmere Port +4.1%
Police & Crime +7.3%
Fire +%

Is your commissioner the same as mine David Keane? The commissioner who keeps hiring friends and family of friends on high wages?

Street · 21 Mar 2018 at 14:53

Liverpool City Council +3.0%
Merseyside Pcc +7.2%
Merseyside Fire & Rescue Auth +3.0%
Social Care Precept +3.0%

I get shafted for an extra 6% in total.

jumpy · 21 Mar 2018 at 14:57

Leicester city council's letter said the government had imposed restrictions regarding the maximum rise in council tax of up to 6%.

So they've raised it by.... you guessed it. 6%.

Greedy *******.

MooMoo444 · 21 Mar 2018 at 15:05

Sounds like it’s 4.99% here for Cheshire west. No doubt the cap was 5%. Unexpected generosity there..

dl8860 · 21 Mar 2018 at 15:06

I miss the council tax in Westminster, £65/month. Now in Surrey and it's £130ish. I don't miss the rent however.

Glacius · 21 Mar 2018 at 15:09

Waiting on my gulp....... Still haven't assigned my new place a council tax band yet so not sure how this effects me.

Rroff · 21 Mar 2018 at 15:11

jumpy said:
Leicester city council's letter said the government had imposed restrictions regarding the maximum rise in council tax of up to 6%.

So they've raised it by.... you guessed it. 6%.

Greedy *******.

Yeah it is something like that here though I don't have exact details to hand - the increase is like 5.9973%

Burnsy2023 · 21 Mar 2018 at 15:27

jumpy said:
Leicester city council's letter said the government had imposed restrictions regarding the maximum rise in council tax of up to 6%.

So they've raised it by.... you guessed it. 6%.

Greedy *******.

It's not greed that is pushing councils to raise council tax by the most, it's the cuts from central government. Most councils are struggling to run basic services. Most of the increases are only just keeping up with inflation.

This is Southampton City:

Southampton City Council
(Increase of 2.9% on last year)

Southampton City Council*
(Increase of 3.0% on last year)

Police and Crime Commissioner for Hants
(Increase of 7.2% on last year)

Hampshire Fire Authority
(Increase of 2.9% on last year)

*The Council Tax attributable to Southampton includes a precept to fund adult social care.

A total 6.0% increase.

Blackjack Davy · 21 Mar 2018 at 15:29

garsands said:
Police and crime commissioner 6.2%

Thats nothing

East Sussex County Council 3%
Adult Social Care 3%
Sussex Police & Crime Commisioner 7.8%
East Sussex Fire Authority 2.9%
Special Expenses -2.1%
Town Council 3%
Combined Charges for council 2.6%
Charge for Band Properties in your area 5.5%!

peterwalkley · 21 Mar 2018 at 15:35

Vanquish-Storm said:
Is your commissioner the same as mine David Keane? The commissioner who keeps hiring friends and family of friends on high wages?

Yeah looks like it. Wasn't aware of this, but google threw him up. We used to get a free local newspaper through the door to find issues like this but I don't think they can get the distributors any more.

Rotty · 21 Mar 2018 at 15:36

Nott county +3.0
Social +2
Cops +6.5
District council +2.8
Fire +5

total +4.8

1669.15 for band C

demonix · 21 Mar 2018 at 15:41

The London Borough of Hillingdon who proudly proclaims that they haven't raised council tax in 10 year has by a whole one percent (but not for the local authority part).

London Borough of Hillingdon 0.0%
Greater London Authority 5.1%

We aren't charged a precept for adult social care, so that ain't listed.

Haggisman · 21 Mar 2018 at 15:42

IIRC 4.9% for Birmingham. If I get a 4.9% increase in bin collections and pothole repairs I'll be happy with that, saying that, if 4.9% of bin collections and potholes repairs actually happened then it would be an improvement!!

Azza · 21 Mar 2018 at 15:43

Birmingham City Council - 3.0%
Adult Social Care - 1.0%
Fire and Rescue Authority - 3.0%
West Midlands PCC - 10.3%
Total - 4.5%

10.3%!!!!!!!

TEN POINT THREE PERCENT!!!!!!!

I don't quite get how that's possible to increase so much. WMFS looked at increasing above 3% last year or the year before, I can't remember which. But they would have to do a full on public consultation and essentially a referendum to increase above the cap which worked out it would cost more than what they'd get back from increasing above 3%.

Stretch · 21 Mar 2018 at 15:52

Is the increase for the Police and Crime Commissioner just a salary hike, or are there other expenses?