Olympic Games and council tax charges on Londoners.

Ladywriter1968

There is not actual thread I could put this under, so has placed it here.

Will it still be down to Londoners only to pay towards the olympic games out of their council tax? or have they broadened it now to the whole of the country?

Does anyone know the answer to this?

Gas_Powered_Toothbrush

I know that I'd be furious if I (being outside of London) was asked to pay, as it'll be London that sees any benefits from it.

Mikeyorks

Ladywriter1968 wrote: »

Does anyone know the answer to this?

If you Google it - there's lots of information?

Most of the funding is from Lottery and central Govt. There is a contribution expected from Greater London - as they benefit from the legacy of improved infrastructure etc. But even that is based on precept .... which means they'll be bidding for it from central funds.

Just one of the many 'Google' documents here :-

http://www.parliament.uk/briefingpapers/commons/lib/research/briefings/snsg-03790.pdf

Ladywriter1968

Gas_Powered_Toothbrush wrote: »

I know that I'd be furious if I (being outside of London) was asked to pay, as it'll be London that sees any benefits from it.

well actually I am furious that its just us in London that have to pay, if thats true. As that means our council tax will go up and to be honest, we are not even interested in the damn thing, I didnt want it to be over here in first place and was against it, so we have to pay for something we didnt want. I dont see how London will benefit for 2 weeks of it, it wont change the high rises with everything or create more jobs. Just means our bills will shoot up.

They seem to stick everything in London and then we are left to pick up the bill all the time.

dunstonh

They seem to stick everything in London and then we are left to pick up the bill all the time.

If you has seen the state of the areas involved then you would be less likely to begrudge the development going on. Different parts of the country have benefited from taxpayers money from other areas all through history.

Ladywriter1968

dunstonh wrote: »

If you has seen the state of the areas involved then you would be less likely to begrudge the development going on. Different parts of the country have benefited from taxpayers money from other areas all through history.

Well without going to political gripe, the money could have been better spent on hospitals for eg, hospital near where my Dad is, they are shutting the A and E so people like him will have to travel further in emergency etc,

What about the people that got shoved out of their homes in that area to build it all.

You wont change my opinion or feelings on this.

dmg24

Ladywriter1968 wrote: »

Well without going to political gripe, the money could have been better spent on hospitals for eg, hospital near where my Dad is, they are shutting the A and E so people like him will have to travel further in emergency etc,

What about the people that got shoved out of their homes in that area to build it all.

You wont change my opinion or feelings on this.

You are completely missing the bigger picture. As well as improving facilities in the relevant areas (not all of which are in London), the Olympics attracts investment and tourism. Both of these have a positive effect on the economy as a whole, and so in the longer term benefit everyone.

John_Pierpoint

Well the loss (if that is what it turns out to be) won't be enough to wreck the country like it did in Greece.