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21-12-2017 11:12 AM |
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Originally Posted by Candy Cane
(Post 9746626)
As previously said there are reductions for waivers for low income families, anyone on a middle income gets nothing as usual, that said 10.00 a month is probably not going to break the bank for most middle earners
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There are for very low / no income but full CT liability kicks in at (what I would consider to be) fairly low income for a family and CT is one of the "biggest monthly bills" for most people at £100+ a month already. I know the only thing I pay out as much on is Gas and Electric (but our electricity use is considered "very high"... probably all my arguing on TiBB :joker: ) and my mountain of unsecured debt that comes in at about £300/month in interest but we won't talk about that :umm2:...
But yes... no £10 a month isn't a lot on it's own, but all of the little things add up. £10 more here, £10 more there, £30 a month more in fuel costs, etc etc. It's easy to say "it's just one more thing" but ten "one more things" quickly add up.
Again though, I am all for more money for local councils, our towns and streets are appalling to look at. I live in a high-average-earnings village within a low-average-earnings county and that makes the contrast quite stark; the council spend a lot on my village of less than 1500 people because they don't want the high earners to move away. Trees and bushes are always well clipped back, the roads have been resurfaced TWICE without roads in other nearby towns being done once, they maintain the appearance of any buildings that are empty on the main street, etc... but drive 5 minutes away and the state of the roads / overgrown areas at the sides of roads / dirty and broken signposting... buildings sitting empty that have fallen into such disrepair that they look like they've been bombed out... rubbish in the street, the list is endless. Councils need a MAJOR cash increase and they need to use it to make Britain less bloody depressing to look at and live in... compared to many European countries, most of our smaller towns are frankly embarrassing.
BUT - again - I think the way that is funded could and should be more creative than simply slapping a flat increase on Council Tax... for the reasons listed above.
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