Bigger Council Tax Rises Ahead
Saturday, September 26th, 2009 by adminFor the last few years North Herts Council has set itself the target of increasing the Council Tax by less than 2% above the rate of inflation. This is too high and every year the Liberal Democrats propose a lower rise.
Now inflation is negative you might have expected smaller increases, but the Council has decided to change its target. Now it is 2% above inflation, unless inflation is negative, in which case it is 2%. So the lower inflation is the more you will be asked to pay in real terms.
Not a great way to help people when times are hard.
Lib Dem leader Steve Jarvis proposed sticking with the old target, but the Conservatives AND Labour said this would be terribly risky and voted it down.
