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Originally Posted by lancsdave
Looks like somebody is going to come out of this smelling of roses, think of a figure, blame the national government, who just happen to be the opposition party, let the opposition 'leak' it to the local community then we can come along and reduce it so we look good. Not that I'm cynical of course  |
You're almost right Dave. The Council are £2million short they admit (on a £15 budget). So 8% cuts and 7% Council tax rises balances things.
However for the last 4 years it has gone 5% and cuts have been in excessive of 5% each of those years.
What they are doing is precisely that. It will be 5% on the day. Rabbits and hats. You know, when they voted down our Landlord Policy because it arrived on the day!!
Secondly by trying to square it this year plus a little bit over and no elections this year, The Tories are going to ride out the damage and put through a 0-2% Budget next year to capitalise on a big David Cameron push on low Council tax. Unless it goes up big this year they can't do that next year.
Once again our local Tories have proved they will scrape the bottom of any barrel to con the public.