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Originally Posted by MikeSz
Food for thought when considering council tax :
" About how Council Tax is spent
In the tax year 2007/2008, 72.7% of the Council Tax bill is collected on behalf of Lancashire County Council, Hyndburn Borough Council receives 14.5%, 8.8% goes to Lancashire Police Authority and 4% goes to Lancashire Fire Authority.
So for a band D property paying £1438.88 Council Tax; - £1046.20 goes to Lancashire County Council
- £209.29 goes to Hyndburn Borough Council
- £125.95 goes to Lancashire Police Authority
- £57.44 goes to Lancashire Fire Authority
"
(taken from HBC website)
Many people forget that unlike Blackburn with Darwen, which is unitary, HBC falls under Lancashire County Council - which takes the vast majority of your council tax. |
Thanks for pointing that out before I had a chance Mike. On the same observer page Graham Jones states that the Tories have increased Council Tax by 45% since taking conrol, spot on Graham, but what he doesn't tell you is that in that same period
LABOUR CONTROLLED LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL have increased their share by 95%
. As mike has said we live in a two tier authority, with finances being split (for easy recKoning 80% LCC 20% HBC), lets just say that 8 years ago the council tax was £500 Band A, (this is just a round figure to explain) 400 going to LCC £100 to HBC, 95% rise at county would take there share to £780 whilst HBC share would go to £145, now who is costing you more Labour or Conservative. Has Neil said in a later post when you are left with a £1.8 million black hole something has to give, and according to the Audit Commision Hyndburn has turn their fortunes around from poor five years ago to excellant today, and they are the independant body which control council