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I wouldn't particularly mind CT being increased if it meant local councils were actually investing in the local area, making improvements, tidying up and modernising towns... collecting bins more regularly... improving schools... etc.

Currently, there are some brilliant modern city centres, BUT cities are dumps once you wander a little off the beaten track (or the tourist track depending on the city).

Mid-sized towns are by and large repulsive. Smaller towns and villages are a mixed bag and effectively it depends on how engaged the local community is; when most of the population is better-off and community-minded they can be nice, otherwise... dismal.

So yes if they want to up my council tax and it's to pay to live in a nicer area, go for it.

Sadly... I fully expect that the price will go up but there will be little if any observable improvement to go with it. And that's when it stings.