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Originally Posted by steeljack
just curious as an non-partisan outsider , according to earlier posts LCC takes 82 % of the council tax , leaving 18% for diving up by HBC the local council .
now a couple of questions .....
1. is this a fixed ratio 82 to 18 or does it fluctuate ?
2 . is there a breakdown of % increases by the LCC and HBC (who is demanding a bigger slice of the pie ?)
3 . Do the tax bills show where the increases have gone ?
Seems to me , and just an observation , the guys on the front line (local councillors ) are being used as whipping boys by their LCC colleagues who are responsible for devouring the bigger part of the pie
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1. The ratio is not fixed, they booth choose independently to raise their segments of the council tax. Policy and Fire services are also now seperate from LCC but all four make up the end figure of council tax (hence HBC get blamed for having a high tax because most of it goes to county)
2. As of 2008 72% goes to Lancashire County Council, 15% to Hyndburn Council, 9% to the Police Authority and 4% to the Fire Authority
3. There was a leaflet with council tax that showed what segment of the council tax went to the four institutions answered in (2) but from what I can remember that is it.