Four councils have steepest council tax increases above 5%

**51st State** · 28 February 2008, 11:20

Are they all types of cheese? or hats?

**basshead** · 28 February 2008, 11:29

They are all dumps.

**KathyWoolfe** · 28 February 2008, 11:31

Up here in Scotland, all council tax bills will be "frozen" so theoretically we wont pay any more than last year.
Considering that many local councils continued to charge OAP's for "social care" after a directive from the previous government in Scotland I'm not holding out too much hope on this one, though several councils up here have already announced that they will be setting the council tax bills to the same as last year.

**KathyWoolfe** · 28 February 2008, 11:32

Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7268231.stm

Wakefield, Derby, Leicester and Slough face the steepest increase at 5%.

Anyone here guess what these councils all have in common?

Troll? Anyone?

They are all governed by the same political party?

**Troll** · 28 February 2008, 11:35

All suffer high levels of visual pollution?

**51st State** · 28 February 2008, 11:42

They are all subsidising the Scottish government's decision to freeze council tax rises?

**rootsnall** · 28 February 2008, 11:53

Originally posted by KathyWoolfe View Post

Up here in Scotland, all council tax bills will be "frozen" so theoretically we wont pay any more than last year.
Considering that many local councils continued to charge OAP's for "social care" after a directive from the previous government in Scotland I'm not holding out too much hope on this one, though several councils up here have already announced that they will be setting the council tax bills to the same as last year.

I'm waiting for the downside to all the freebies being dished out in Scotland. Assuming us lot won't end up paying for it when Nuliebour try to win the next election it should be fun when it all needs paying for.

**Bagpuss** · 28 February 2008, 12:15

How about a council tax reduction?

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/rec...x-bands-change

**Peoplesoft bloke** · 28 February 2008, 12:22

Originally posted by basshead View Post

They are all dumps.

Having grown up in Derby, and currently living near Leicester, I couldn't agree more about those too, although I feel Slough is worse, and I haven't been to Wakefield lately.

Four councils have steepest council tax increases above 5%