Posts Tagged: Council tax

Monmouthshire to freeze Council Tax

Congratulations to Conservative-run Monmouthshire County Council on their decision to freeze the Council Tax. This achievement counts for rather more… Read more »

Over 200 councils set to cut or freeze Council tax

There are 326 local authorities in England and so far over 200 of them have agreed to freeze or cut… Read more »

Taxpayers Allliance to campaign against Council Tax “referendum dodgers”

John O'Connell of the Taxpayers Alliance on plans to mobilise grassroots opposition to Council Tax hikes Several councils across the… Read more »

Peterborough Council spending £83,500 a year on UNISON

Conservative-run Peterborough City Council, which proposes a 2.95% increase in the Council Tax, is providing a subsidy of £83,500 to… Read more »

Taunton Deane Council pulls back from plan to raise Council Tax

I am delighted to see that Conservative-run Taunton Deane Borough Council has pulled back from a proposal for a 3.45%… Read more »

Surrey challenged over Council Tax rise

Any council that decides to put up its Council Tax on the basis that it is so efficient that there… Read more »

Baroness Warsi writes to Conservative councillors to back Council Tax freeze

Baroness Warsi, the Conservative Party Co Chairman, has written to Conservative councillors to stress that the Council Tax freeze will… Read more »

Boris campaign produce Council Tax cut video

Aylesbury Vale District Council switches to back Council Tax freeze

The already small number of Conservative councils proposing to increase the Council tax in the coming year has further shrunk…. Read more »

If the GMB want higher Council Tax collection rates they should back the Conservatives

The GMB trade union have been complaining about the poor rate of Council Tax collection. Their General Secretary Paul Kenny:… Read more »

Chesterfield consults on Council Tax rise

Labour-run Chesterfield Borough Council is proposing a Council Tax rise of 3.5% but is first holding a consultation to test… Read more »

152 Councils have agreed to freeze or cut Council Tax so far

I have given lots of attention to the small number of councils who are planning Council Tax rises in the… Read more »

Tory councillor quits over Council Tax rise

Cllr Michael Fletcher, of Bretton South Ward on Peterborough City Council, has resigned the Conservative whip to sit as an… Read more »

Cambridgeshire and Tunbridge Wells plan Council Tax rises

Two more Conservative-run councils are contemplating Council Tax rises, snubbing the offer of funding for a freeze. It should be… Read more »