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Originally Posted by claytonender
I apologise for the error I made in my last post in the calculation of wekly wage rates for 1999, the 1999 rate of £6.50 multiplied by 38 hours is £247.00 per week or £12844.
The increase in weekly wages from 1999 to 2007 is £55.86 (or annual increase in weekly wages of £6.28 each year) the increase in annual wages from 1999 to 2007 is £2904.72 (or an annual increase in yearly income of £363.09 each year)
So the percetage increase from 1999 to 2007 is 22.62%.
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I don't really understand what you're getting at. You have already said the increase in weekly wages was 36%, less than council tax over that time. You can find specific circumstances where that is not true, of course, because it's an average. If you are arguing for a review of council tax so that it is based on ability to pay (which you seem to be getting at since I'm sure you accept 45% increase over the last 10 years is much, much less than the average in the country), then that's a national government issue. Our council can only deal under the current structure.