Comments on: Pressure Push Council Tax up by 3.8%

By: Editor UCRA

Editor UCRA — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 22:44:18 +0000

In reply to Paul. The council tax increase is made up of adult social care precept (2%), general council tax (1.5%) and the Mayor of London Precept (5%). The element subject to referendum is general council tax which can now be increased by 2.99% without the need for a referendum. While the overall increase is about 3.5%, the possible increase, which many councils have implemented, is 6%.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 08:50:07 +0000

In 2012, the coalition government introduced a rule which meant that any proposal to increase council tax by 2% or more in England must be put to a local referendum.

Now this has been dropped council tax will rise whether any money is needed or not.

A referendum should be given as to whether the latest unacceptable 3.5% increase should go ahead.

By: Linda

Linda — Sat, 24 Feb 2018 21:48:59 +0000

So Mr. Khan has increased his element of our council tax by 5.1% to pay for more police resources. That’s reassuring! After all our local police stations/shops have finally been closed and our police will be busy fighting crime in the neighbouring boroughs we are going to be joined with [who have higher crime rates than Havering], could Mr. Khan tell us just what he will be spending our share of his element on.