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Originally Posted by Neil
As a side issue why do we have council tax banding anyway? Just because someone lives in a less expensive house does not mean they use less council services. It would be interesting to see a breakdown of public spending by council tax banded area. I know it might be hard to get accurate figures but I would suspect less money is spent on services in band D area's than band A areas.
Maybe council tax banding should be more like car insurance, as in your insurance will vary depending on what your area is costing the insurance company.
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Those are figures I would like to see too.
We live in a band D area, therfore, despite the fact that only Myself works, my husband is disabled, we pay full council tax at nearly 500 pounds above the band A rate.
The only council facilities we have are street lighting and bin emptying. There are no community facilities nearby and no sports facilities in fact nothing.Whenever I try to apply for sanything that is council aided I am nold, 'sorry you dont live in a deprived area' Now what exactly is a deprived area if it isnt somewhere that has nothing?
Now I acknowledge that we choose to live here but that is so we can have a reasonable not excessive standard of living.I also acknowledge that with our garden the house probably takes up 2 or 3 time the space of a band A house.