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But you explained yourself why that was. The Government pumped in money to make it look good.

Re: Council Tax 2008/2009
 

Originally Posted by garinda View Post
When I lived in Wandsworth, low council tax, high level of services.
I recall those times ... in the 80's my dear..low tax Wandsworth.. but you could not get a bus for love nor money.

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I am sure that we are all aware that houses pay council tax unless all residents are students. But are you personally responsible for paying any part of the Council Tax in the house you have quoted?

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Can you please inform us all, are you are naturally rude or do you practice?

Most of your posts on here seem to ridicule the views of other people.

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It was still low after 1997, when we had a Labour government, and when we weren't getting money from Westminster. The services were still excellent. That Tory council knew how to run a tight, well maintained, ship.;)

Mancie the council aren't responsible for the buses. Though the Conservative government privatising them did lead to a fall in service on some routes, but that happened country wide.

Personally I never had a problem catching a bus anywhere. Perhaps it was just you. The driver took one look at you and decided to drive on by.:D

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In which case you will be delighted to give credit to HBC for giving you a 45% increase since 1999, whilst Wandsworth has increased 50% since 2000.

Whilst I accept we do not have the cheapest council tax (you can see this in my first post), I find it rather bemusing that certain individuals will not credit HBC for having an increase 55% better than the national AVERAGE, never mind the fact that loads of councils must be above this average.

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I think it has been said previously, so sorry repeating why people are dissatisfied.

A 35% cut in services. A 22% CT increase double that of wage rises (UNITE UNION) and subsidised services in excess of £100million. A council worker told me on Friday to "keep going. An honest politician. People need to know the truth about the waste."

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Where is your 35% figure from?

Can I just ask you straight off: Is it not a good thing that our council has kept tax to 45% increase, which in comparison, is a huge saving compared to the national average of 100%?

I don't know how you can come here and post that council tax has gone up more than wage rises, when up until the last year (or two?) the opposition have proposed HIGHER council tax increases every single year than the Conservatives. This means that if we'd have had a Labour council over the last 10 years council tax would have gone up much more than 45%, how can you justify this and yet not give credit to 45%?

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Andrew why do you give the distinct impression in your posts that yours is the only valid view.

Several other people (who do not have any political bias) have expressed opinions, in this thread that differ from yours, but you are not prepared to concede that any of their points are valid. Most of these people are several years older than you are, they may not be studying politics are even have been to university, but they do have experience of the 'real world', which is something that is sadly lacking in your posts.

By the way (before you accuse me of lying) I do have a poltical bias. This has been forged over my lifetime nad has been reinforced by the actions of the Conservative Party (both locally and nationally) many times.

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Andrew

Please could you tell us what the purpose was of your original reasearch/ What theory did you set out to prove or disprove?


Thank you

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His name is andrewb, it rhymes with lube, tube, newb, cube, pube, zoob... indeed.

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Please don't try and levy the 'you're ignoring everyone else' argument. I have agreed that points are valid, I have agreed with most of your points, you can't argue with bare figures, it is obvious our town has a lower income than others. Points would appear much more legitimate, and appear less subject to bias, if people could give credit where it is due.

Are you going to give credit to a council that has kept council tax increase well below national average, or will you just continue to criticise EVERYTHING they do, rather than just the bad things? I know for one I'd be agreeing with you on the bad things.

Obviously I'm aware of your potential bias, being a Labour councillor, but I honestly believe Labour would fair much better if they could just give credit where its due.

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The charge is constantly levied by various people that we have the most expensive council tax in the country so I had a look to compare simply the tax in the local area and posted what I found. :)

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I understand what point you're trying to make but just wonder why you continue to refuse the standard bench mark that every other financial analyst in the country uses which is the Band D properties.

Whilst I appreciate that we do have a lot of Band A properties in the area, so do many other areas.

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I use band A here because its most relevant to the people of the borough since some 60% of people are in band A, as opposed to 8% in band D. Using band D figures in my posts would still provide the same results in terms of the order councils appear on the first post, and the 45% increase figure. Using band D only becomes a problem when you combine it with income, due to band A housing normally having people of a lower income to say band D, thus massively misrepresenting them.