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Old 10-05-2011, 08:59   #248
Ken Moss
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Re: Hyndburn Local Elections - 5th May

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Originally Posted by Mancie View Post
The Government subsidy will be cut by around 30% no matter what... I understand that raising council tax will cause problems in the community.. but are you saying the council would suffer directly from the Government if it had to raise tax in order to keep a normal service?.. whats going on?
The council receives a 2.5% tax grant for keeping taxes as they are, if we raise taxes at all then we lose it.

It isn't a sensible option at the moment, all we do is needlessly take money out of residents' pockets.
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