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Originally Posted by Cyfr
No its not accurate just because they assessed them the same. Quite simply because every constituency has different numbers of band D housing. If a constituency has majority band D housing, you can assume the average wage will be that of somebody living in band D housing and therefore the telegraph figure will be much more representative. For those with majorities not in band D then it is simply not representative. It will make those with majority in housing below D seem expensive, and the reverse, make constituencies with the majority of housing above band D appear very cheap.
No I haven't looked at every council in Britain. Although if you look at how expensive councils are on the basis of how much the resident has to pay not in relation to income, and hence not skewed by averages, Hyndburn certainly doesn't appear in the top 10 according to the LATEST telegraph article (that's this year not January 2007). On the matter, since council tax has risen by only 45% less than half the rate the average council tax has increased, then the tax burden under the previous labour administration would have to have been HUGE.
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I think this thread is tired............why not start a poll thread asking the good people of Accyweb:
'Do you think that the incumbent Prime Minister is up to the job'?
I must say the Greg Pope has sided with Frank Field to question the 10% change in basic tax...Good on him.
Even though the chancellor is considering rebates the basic rate of tax will remain 20% due to his budget
