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Originally Posted by shillelagh
Official website, Whitworth Town Council, Lancashire
Are the town councils going to be like Whitworth's where they elect 12 members to the town council but still have councillors as well on the borough council. To me it just seems to be making another layer of government which costs money and who pays for it?
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It would be the council tax payers of the town were the council was situated, by there being an extra amount for the running of the Town Council on the council tax bill for all residents in that particular town.(The correct name for this extra amount is a precept - all council tax payers, who live within the Parish of Altham are currently paying a precept on their bills - I have put a chart of the amounts payable for the current financial year for each Council Tax band. This information is from the Hyndburn Council Website).
Annual charges 2007/2008
Annual Council Tax Charges
Band Ratio Amount (except Altham) Amount for Altham
to Band D
A 6/9 £959.26 £977.98
B 7/9 £1,119.13 £1,140.97
C 8/9 £1,279.02 £1,303.98
D 9/9 £1,438.88 £1,466.96
E 11/9 £1,758.63 £1,792.95
F 13/9 £2,078.39 £2,118.95
G 15/9 £2,398.14 £2,444.94
H 18/9 £2,877.76 £2,933.92
Sorry if it looks a bit difficult to read but it is late and have tried to make it more readable