4.1 % rise in Council Tax announced |
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Thu, 24 Mar 2005 01:00
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Nick Raynsford, local government minister informed other MPs that the average council tax in England has risen by 4.1%, by far the second lowest rise in ten years.
This tax rise would cull out an additional £47 from every home next year. A couple of people living in the B and D band properties would incur raised costs on average from £1,167 to £1,214.
He went on to disclose that the councils of Daventry, Huntingdonshire, Aylesbury Vale, Hambleton, Mid Bedfordshire, North Dorset, Runnymede, South Cambridgeshire and Sedgemoor were all going to be capped.
| With the council tax being a chief issue in the pre-election budget, the Tories have found to be presenting a £500 rebate to pensioners; the Labour party giving a £200 rebate. The Liberal Democrats, on the other hand, seem to be the only ones wanting the council tax to be slashed and the local income tax to generate local revenue, taking into account individual capacities to pay.
It was, however, made absolutely clear by the minister that councils would have to stick to low tax rises and any kind of ‘unacceptable’ rises would be followed by capping, in order to protect the public, by imposing a ceiling on the rise of council tax.
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