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Originally Posted by claytonender
The median hourly rate for all workers in 1999 was £6.50 and in 2007 was £7.97 an increase of £1.47 or 22.62 %, which is considerably less than the 31.8% increase in council tax that you are quoting for the same period. In 2004 the hourly rate was £7.96 2005 it was £8.01 and in 2006 it was £7.84. So in from 2004 to 2007 it only rose by £0.01 or 0%.
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I have already proved that council tax went up less than weekly wages. I think weekly wages are an awful lot more accurate because they actually take into account how much you work in relation to how much you get per hour - how much people are actually taking home to pay for council tax.
Anyway, services need to be paid for. I don't think it would go down very well if services were cut to further reduce council tax. They're already doing a great job at keeping council tax down if you compare us with the rest of the country, nowhere near the crazy 'most expensive council' claim.