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MSE News: Council tax to be frozen next year
Former_MSE_Helen
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This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story:
"The Government is to announce plans to continue a freeze on council tax at today's Conservative party conference ..."
"The Government is to announce plans to continue a freeze on council tax at today's Conservative party conference ..."
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cut it should be scrappedReplies to posts are always welcome, If I have made a mistake in the post, I am human, tell me nicely and it will be corrected. If your reply cannot be nice, has an underlying issue, or you believe that you are God, please post in another forum. Thank you0
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I seem to recall that was tried a few years ago, didnt work out too well.cut it should be scrapped
Personally I'd like to see a local income tax, mainy because I have a low income, the tories would never go for that, although "labour" (huh) never sought to make the system fairer on their watch.
My council tax is my largest bill.0 -
Continue a freeze? I must have missed this years freeze & suspect I'll miss next years as well0
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Heard this on the news couple days back - least that gives me one known cost next yearI am responsible me, myself and I alone I am not the keeper others thoughts and words.0
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hmmm, this equates to an average saving of £6 a month, that will soon get eaten up in rising fuel and food costs, a great help?, I think notAug GC £63.23/£200, Total Savings £00
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The government has very few "profit centres" of its own [Margaret Thatcher sold nearly all of them, and so has the Greek government]; what it spends it has to raise in taxes and other "unmitigated charges", borrow from our children, or print.
Printing causes "taxation by inflation" and debasement of the currency.
Can we be confident that this £6 quid is just a way of ensuring that the local authorities really are cutting costs or simply "kicking the can down the road" by "saving" Greek style: "sacking" civil servants who were coasting to retirement in 6 months time, by giving them a full early pension?0
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