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• 3 October 2011 at 5:29PM

  hermante Forumite

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  3 October 2011 at 5:29PM

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  £805 million of unspent cash

  
  
  Unspent cash? Don't we have a national debt to pay off?

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• 3 October 2011 at 5:32PM

  jamespir Forumite

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  3 October 2011 at 5:32PM

  cut it should be scrapped

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• 3 October 2011 at 5:48PM

  tescobabe69

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  3 October 2011 at 5:48PM

  jamespir wrote: »

  cut it should be scrapped

  I seem to recall that was tried a few years ago, didnt work out too well.
  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.

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• 3 October 2011 at 6:41PM

  Le_Chuck Forumite

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  3 October 2011 at 6:41PM

  Continue a freeze? I must have missed this years freeze & suspect I'll miss next years as well

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• 4 October 2011 at 9:39AM

  lemontart Forumite

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  4 October 2011 at 9:39AM

  Heard this on the news couple days back - least that gives me one known cost next year

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• 4 October 2011 at 5:32PM

  milliemonster Forumite

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  4 October 2011 at 5:32PM

  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 not

  Aug GC £63.23/£200, Total Savings £0

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• 5 October 2011 at 4:01AM

  John_Pierpoint Forumite

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  5 October 2011 at 4:01AM

  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?

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