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Re: Last Nights Council Meeting
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Originally Posted by TheLeadersOffice HBC
In 2008/09, the Council's budget was £15,097. This year it will be £15,427. This is an increase in our spend of only 2.2%. The reason why our precept is to increase by 4.95% is because Government funding to the Council has only been increased by 1.5% and the rest of the money has to be found from the local taxpayer. If the Government had given us the amount it has claimed in the national press, it would have been possible to set a zero percent increase this year in Hyndburn.
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These are the facts, you can now argue over them as much as you wish but it won't alter the figures.
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its not the arguing of the facts that should concern folk, but the possible "Misleading" of em. 
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