How much has your council tax gone up this year?
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Soldato
To anyone who is wondering why there has been a large increase, there are two main reasons.
1) An ageing population which means that thd Councils need more money to fund residential and home care for older adults.
2) This is the main reason. The central government has cut the amount of money it gives to councils by 60% and aims to cut to £0 by 2020. This means that all of the income the councils need has to be generated by themselves via business and council tax rates. Keeping tax at previous levels would simply have been unsustainable.
1) An ageing population which means that thd Councils need more money to fund residential and home care for older adults.
2) This is the main reason. The central government has cut the amount of money it gives to councils by 60% and aims to cut to £0 by 2020. This means that all of the income the councils need has to be generated by themselves via business and council tax rates. Keeping tax at previous levels would simply have been unsustainable.
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I agree, but why?
Soldato
Council tax goes up, services received go down. How is that fair?
Caporegime
Doesn't council tax go down to London first and then they get a slice of that or am I missing something?
Associate
Literally a few quid a month. Test Valley Council 
Man of Honour
Extra £20 PM..
I see there's a 14% increase on policing so I expect to see a higher police recruitment/presence around my area but I doubt it though.
I see there's a 14% increase on policing so I expect to see a higher police recruitment/presence around my area but I doubt it though.
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They'll be too busy on Facebook & Twitter, stopping mean people saying mean words
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Not much, 80p a month.
Caporegime
You are lucky we had to pay £30 for our garden waste bin and was put on a 8 week waiting list for delivery! Then after that pay £40 a year for it to be picked up! I would expect door to door service but no you have to have it facing the right way round in a perfect position and it gets dumped somewhere near your property if the bin men can be bothered.
this is what we pay here band a has gone up £47.59 4.1 % increase.
- Band A - £1,217.65
- Band B - £1,420.59
- Band C - £1,623.53
- Band D - £1,826.47
- Band E - £2,232.36
- Band F - £2,638.24
- Band G - £3,044.12
- Band H - £3,652.95
Caporegime
Ours is going to be FLoads. Also, finally got banded on our new home and its E. Was hoping it would be D. Balls.
Ours is band G at £2886. So a little cheaper than your area by the look of it.
Soldato
Deficit reduction I guess. Plus it is clearly less politically damaging for central government to pass the buck onto local authorities, rather than raising general taxation. Its a sort of stealth tax in my mind.
It is particularly damaging for councils because everyone thinks the only thing local councils do is bins, libraries and possibly older adult care. Very few realise its ALL residential and community care (care in the home) including provision for children, learning disabled adults, physical and adult mental health and also responsibility for public health, amongst other things!
Can someone explain this to me? Who is responsible for these increases - is it down to whichever party is running their constituency, or is it just down to what budget the conservatives give to which area?
I’ve only become a homeowner since about 8 months ago - so I’m a newbie
I announced to my office that my council tax has gone up 6% and they all laughed at me and basically said “yeah get used to that!”
I’ve only become a homeowner since about 8 months ago - so I’m a newbie
I announced to my office that my council tax has gone up 6% and they all laughed at me and basically said “yeah get used to that!”