Council Tax bill
15 March 2003, 11:03 AM
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Had my council tax bill today, its gone up sixteen quid a month !
How is it we have to just take these raises ?, wheres the consultation and negotiation, sixteen quid is not a huge ammount of cash but when coupled with everything else going up, NI etc
and the fact its an increase of 10.8 % on the 147 a month I was already paying, I dont know why the government just dont keep all my wages !
How is it we have to just take these raises ?, wheres the consultation and negotiation, sixteen quid is not a huge ammount of cash but when coupled with everything else going up, NI etc
and the fact its an increase of 10.8 % on the 147 a month I was already paying, I dont know why the government just dont keep all my wages !
15 March 2003, 11:23 AM
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Steady......you have to pay refuse collectors, councillors, police & fire.
All of which are worth their weight in gold............AHEM
[Edited by FERRARINUTTER - 3/15/2003 11:29:37 AM]
All of which are worth their weight in gold............AHEM
[Edited by FERRARINUTTER - 3/15/2003 11:29:37 AM]
15 March 2003, 11:48 AM
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it makes me laugh the council tax bill.....
ours up £100 a yr, but move five minutes up the road to a 'less desirable' area and they pay less than half of everyone else
and they use exactly the same refuse collectors/fire/police type services!!!
AAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! !!!!
ours up £100 a yr, but move five minutes up the road to a 'less desirable' area and they pay less than half of everyone else
and they use exactly the same refuse collectors/fire/police type services!!!
AAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! !!!!
15 March 2003, 12:21 PM
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Hasnt the council tax bill gone up to pay for Trains or summit like that, thats what I read
Adn apparently mines going up 2% allegedly
Adn apparently mines going up 2% allegedly
15 March 2003, 02:38 PM
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A large part of our council tax increases are to plug the hole in their VERY generous pension schemes, rather then them having to increase their pension contributions like the rest of us.
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15 March 2003, 06:04 PM
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I am going to make a point of reading up on what the council actually do, I mean there is going to be loads of stuff like picking up big items for disposal and tree felling that they are responsible for but dont make common knowledge, I will then proceed to make a nuisance of myself and get some value out of my sixteen hundred and twenty five quid.
15 March 2003, 06:13 PM
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I was shocked when my bill came through. I'm in the lowest band and it is nearly £900 per year! Last year in another county I was only £740!!
Oh and that includes the single person allowance! [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]
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Oh and that includes the single person allowance! [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]
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15 March 2003, 06:58 PM
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'I am going to make a point of reading up on what the council actually do'
Our local council just spent £26000 putting a ******* great big capstan winch bollard in the middle of a roundabout to give it the 'local nautical theme'!!!!!!!
I'd like to get hold of the clown whos idea this was and shove the capstan bollard right up his nautical theme!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wonder if he has any personal interests in the company contracted to do the work?
Our local council just spent £26000 putting a ******* great big capstan winch bollard in the middle of a roundabout to give it the 'local nautical theme'!!!!!!!
I'd like to get hold of the clown whos idea this was and shove the capstan bollard right up his nautical theme!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wonder if he has any personal interests in the company contracted to do the work?
15 March 2003, 08:23 PM
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Bang on the nail mate.... Barnet (N.London) needs its raise to help pay for all the overpriced jobs they pay for,,due to a few quid changing hands....
Bang on the nail mate.... Barnet (N.London) needs its raise to help pay for all the overpriced jobs they pay for,,due to a few quid changing hands....
16 March 2003, 09:51 AM
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16.7% down here [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img] [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]
Quote from the enclosed booklet "changes in government funding have resulted in Essex receiving the lowest grant increase of all county councils in England"
Quote from the enclosed booklet "changes in government funding have resulted in Essex receiving the lowest grant increase of all county councils in England"
16 March 2003, 07:21 PM
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Mines gone up 18.1% overall and they've even given me a break-down of the increases as follows [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img][img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img] -
Surrey County Council spending plans - 17.9%
Surrey Police Authority - 40.1% (!!!!!!!!!!!)
Guildford Borough Council - 7.4%
Local Parish Council - 5.4%
Of course I'm sure that I will see an improvement in all local amenities though
[img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]
Surrey County Council spending plans - 17.9%
Surrey Police Authority - 40.1% (!!!!!!!!!!!)
Guildford Borough Council - 7.4%
Local Parish Council - 5.4%
Of course I'm sure that I will see an improvement in all local amenities though
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16 March 2003, 07:54 PM
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A large part of our council tax increases are to plug the hole in their VERY generous pension schemes, rather then them having to increase their pension contributions like the rest of us.
No-one seems to be prepared to address this issue.
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