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Originally Posted by andrewb
I don't think its fair to say we have grants therefore council tax shouldn't have gone up. All authorities get grants yet we're seeing much bigger than 45% rises around the country.
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I think that is a weak argument Andrew. A think there is strong evidence to that needs looking at.
The Governments Free Bus Scheme has meant Hyndburn no longer has to pay £450k for it's voluntary one. We now get £2.5m approx HIPS money (3rd year) which means for the first time we are not borrowing that from the bank. We get ELEVATE. We had been fiunding Project Phoenix ourselves since 2000 directly through the rates. Now the Government i funding it. The Council's website has received a massive injection of cash this week. Our Government direct grant has gone up around 60% so that should ease some of the burden as well.
In total we have received an £100m plus in this period to get things moving so the big question still is, where has all the money gone and why has Council Tax risen so sharply?