[garinda]

Originally Posted by andrewb

Garinda did you click the link? Ten most expensive areas for council tax - Telegraph Do you think its shameful for councillors to claim its the most expensive and deceive the public? I do.

I notice you, or H.B.C., didn't make a legal challenge when the Daily Telegraph printed the story about Hyndburn having one of the most expensive Council Taxes in the county.

Might it be that although you dispute how they arrived at their findings, their lawyers are pretty hot at making sure their newspaper only prints the truth, for the reason that they'd be easily sued otherwise.

Anyway, we digress. This thread is actually about some councillors ignoring the recommendations of an idependent body, and voting to award themselves a higher limit for allowances.

Perhaps when you yourself actualy start paying a proportion of your income towards a Council Tax bill, you might be in a better position to judge if you think the increased allowances were really needed, or indeed if you thought what you received back in services was expensive or not.