Council tax freeze debate at County Hall (From Worcester News)
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Council tax freeze debate at County Hall
4:27pm Monday 7th January 2013 in News By Tom Edwards
County council leader Adrian Hardman
WORCESTERSHIRE County Council's leadership will endorse a £338 million budget tomorrow - and is paving the way for a freeze in rates.
As your Worcester News first reported last month, the authority's cabinet wants to freeze council tax for hard-pressed households.
The move, which is going to a vote before full council on Thursday February 14, comes despite another £15 million of cuts being made to spending.
The budget for 2013/14 also includes an extra £3 million of spending in adult social care and £500,000 additional cash for roads maintenance.
Councillor Adrian Hardman, the leader, said: "Whilst the financial situation is tough for all local authorities and it will continue to be challenging, the county council's planning and forward-thinking in terms of savings and organisational transformation stand us in good stead for the future."
The meeting gets underway from 10.30am at County Hall.
Jabbadad says...
1:44am Tue 8 Jan 13
NO they are protecting the rich again in the big houses, just as Maggie tried to do with the poll tax which would have those in Flats , 2 & 3 bedroom houses paying huge increases while the rich would save thousands. It's just another Tory con. And we the public keep falling for it. Plus they use the Rates freeze to cover the other disgraceful actions they are taking again against the poor.
I watched on TV families who are complaining about the childrens allowances taken away One family (2 kids) earning over £60,000 said that it would cost them £132 per MONTH which was one WEEKS food shopping (and remember this government say old people need £137 per WEEK to live on for everything) and another family again earning over £1,200 per WEEK (4 kids) said by losing £230 per month they would not be able to manage. POOR THINGS. Probably meant cut the Skiing Holiday to just 2 weeks, keep the Range Rover for 2 years not 12 months, (and that's the one to take the kids to school) perhaps let the Nanny go, and only visit some swank restaurant at £60 per head to eat out monthly, real hardships eh? Not the Carvery at less than £5 some mere mortals have less than monthly.
Oh pass me a tissue.