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Originally Posted by Cyfr
My inflation figure was a national average and it is accurate. You can't just pick your own wage and say that it doesn't fit it hence my figures are wrong. Not even sure if that is your correct percentage, because on page 1 you said it was 18%
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18% was a good guess. I asked payroll and updated the accurate figure to include this years settlement as well.
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Originally Posted by Cyfr
1) When you say 'required' what is it required for? You say rainy day is money out of peoples pockets, Gordon Brown didn't do it and look where thats got us. You should save in the times of plenty like other big countries. It's irresponsible to not plan for the future.
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Why are you such a Labour hater. That's all you seem to be.
I said what the private firm of auditors said. 5% (750k). Not political. You show how difficult it is for you to understand the Council when you do not understand local economics, disproportionate taxation, The Council's ability to raise revenue annually as required, or borrow at a low rate for the short term in a crises.
And what sort of 'rainy day' do you think there will be that will require £1million that HAS TO BE IN THE BANK?????????
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Originally Posted by Cyfr
2) So you don't think an opposition should propose a budget? Three independents managed to produce a budget and I presume they're not allowed to use the full time officers either. In fact some of the independents ideas were included in the budget that was passed.
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We did put a budget forward. One that the Independents asked for and said they would support.
You seem to not understand local government. We vote on one thing only. The precept. Council officers but the budget breakdown forward. They do not have too. Once the total budget has been set, any monies can be moved from A to B to cancel one thing and start another. It is not for opposition parties to put idea's forward at Budget.
Independent ideas were rejected, all of them. Dog Bins had been in the three previous Labour budgets. Apprentice's we're awash with, so 4 were always going to Parks. The others as I recall went down the pan as ill thought out, can't possibly be done. In fact the Tories decided before hand to vote against everyone.
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Originally Posted by Cyfr
Since the only proposal in your 'budget' was a 2% tax rise rather than a 5% rise, I presume you agree with the rest of the budget? And what do you do next year to sustain it? Do you increase taxes by much more than 5% to make up for the shortfall, perhaps when the economy is worse off, giving people a real tax burden.
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Yesterday's polictics again. Black and white.
We agree with most of the budget, but not all, and our idea's will be affordable within a 2% increase. As I have told you 4 or 5 times now nealry all our spending is being funded outside of the Council tax from extra Gov't funds as we are a deprived area. 95% of The Council Tax budget will be the same because there is no politics in emptying bins, but it costs a lot. It's a job and we should all get it done to the best we can. The other 5% will be a shift in resources. Another batch of changes are constitutional and bare no cost.
Next year, what???? We'll just carry on within that budget. Are you suggesting Tories will put up Council tax 3 times inflation every year????
Real tax burden???? Are you related to William Hague????? I had a 23% pay rise over the period and a 45% Council tax rise. The vast majority of people are like me in this area.
Tories bring a Tax burden's, don't make out your some white knight Party. VAT (9% and 17.5%), ending of married couple's mortgage allowance.. the list goes on.... not to say not 1, but 2 Tory Cabinet members ending up behind bars!! Both for purjury.
You're barking mad as well as a labour hater. We once had a loony left and it appears you are the loony right of a desperate Conservative Party.