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It's time to start digging up those Squirrelled Nuts!!!!
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council tax is my big issue, no control over it and it keeps rising by around 5% per annum. Currently I pay around £2100 for a Band D property.It's just my opinion and not advice.0
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I suppose it comes down to two things.
1. Have you done pretty much everything you wanted to within any given annual spend amount?
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2. Is your budget a "hard" one to which you must stick, or is it fluid enough to absorb any extras that tickle your fancy!?!How's it going, AKA, Nutwatch? - 12 month spends to date = 2.60% of current retirement "pot" (as at end May 2025)1 -
Ours in not much less, same band.SouthCoastBoy said:council tax is my big issue, no control over it and it keeps rising by around 5% per annum. Currently I pay around £2100 for a Band D property.
Few £ under £2000 pa.How's it going, AKA, Nutwatch? - 12 month spends to date = 2.60% of current retirement "pot" (as at end May 2025)0 -
We are at £1860 for a Band D0
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ours is £3,461 at band G - a problem of our own making undeniably.swindiff said:We are at £1860 for a Band DI’m a Senior Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Pensions, Annuities & Retirement Planning, Loans
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Band B and a little under £1600. Given the above CPIH inflation increases in quite a few things (broadband is CPI+3.9%), I'm beginning to wonder whether shadow inflation may actually be real...SouthCoastBoy said:council tax is my big issue, no control over it and it keeps rising by around 5% per annum. Currently I pay around £2100 for a Band D property.
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For us the answers to these are essentially 'yes' and 'no' (which is a nice place to be)Sea_Shell said:I suppose it comes down to two things.
1. Have you done pretty much everything you wanted to within any given annual spend amount?
and
2. Is your budget a "hard" one to which you must stick, or is it fluid enough to absorb any extras that tickle your fancy!?!
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We pay a similar amount and we are band C.OldScientist said:
Band B and a little under £1600. Given the above CPIH inflation increases in quite a few things (broadband is CPI+3.9%), I'm beginning to wonder whether shadow inflation may actually be real...SouthCoastBoy said:council tax is my big issue, no control over it and it keeps rising by around 5% per annum. Currently I pay around £2100 for a Band D property.
Our BB is CPI + 3.95% from next April.0 -
We pay £1379 for band B in the NE of England ,could be worse
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Council tax at £180 pm in the Midlands , will be my biggest single outgoing in retirement.0
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