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Originally Posted by steeljack
What percentage of the local "Council" tax goes to HBC and what percentage goes to LCC , I'm thinking 75% + goes to Preston so why do we never hear from those elected folks, they should be the ones explaning why there are no police on the beat and other stuff , seems to me the Hyndburn(Greater Accrington) members of LCC are getting a free ride on Accy web and the local Councillors get all the crap  |
The Band "A" Council Tax in 2010/11 is £1,032.49.
Hyndburn gets £153.68 (14.9%)
Lancashire County Council gets £738.87 (71.6%)
Lancashire Police Authority gets £97.51 (9.4%)
Lancashire Fire Authority gets £42.43 (4.1%)
So the local Council gets about one seventh of the overall Council Tax, but is faced with 100% of the hassle in trying to collect it.
The County in its various forms takes the other six sevenths of the Council Tax, and sits back laughing at the efforts of the poor local Council in trying to collect it.
If I submitted that arrangement in a novel to a publisher, it would be rejected for being too ridiculous. But that is local government 2010 style!