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Topic: Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:How the cut in Council tax gets paid for
Posted by: Ellen Kearney
Date/Time: 10/03/09 08:47:00

Andrew, you are seeing this totally from your own perspective and making a false comparison. The people who are really hurt by successive Council Tax rises are the 'hard-working families'. This may have become a cliche but they do actually exist. Council Tax already takes a disproportionate part of their disposable income. It has risen massively over the last decade and the 'it's only a Mars bar a week' has been used to justify the rise every time. My guess is that it already takes up about 15% of the money I have left after other taxes and NI contributions and housing costs.

As a tax it has risen to far and with most people in the borough seeing reduced income many more are in a position where the proportion of income they pay in tax is too high. Further reductions are needed.

I would agree that upping meals on wheels prices is not the way to reduce tax and that there must remain a lot of fat to trim elsewhere in the Council budget but consistently increasing the tax burden hurts a lot more people on lower incomes than the meals on wheels price increase.


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TopicDate PostedPosted By
How the cut in Council tax gets paid for05/02/09 12:47:00 Andrew Broadbent
   Re:How the cut in Council tax gets paid for28/02/09 11:47:00 Ellen Kearney
      Re:Re:How the cut in Council tax gets paid for04/03/09 12:40:00 Andrew Broadbent
         Re:Re:Re:How the cut in Council tax gets paid for05/03/09 08:51:00 Ellen Kearney
            Re:Re:Re:Re:How the cut in Council tax gets paid for05/03/09 12:50:00 Andrew Broadbent
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:How the cut in Council tax gets paid for06/03/09 15:46:00 Greg Smith
            Re:Re:Re:Re:How the cut in Council tax gets paid for06/03/09 12:51:00 Andrew Broadbent
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:How the cut in Council tax gets paid for06/03/09 22:48:00 Richard Jennings
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:How the cut in Council tax gets paid for09/03/09 13:15:00 Andrew Broadbent
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:How the cut in Council tax gets paid for10/03/09 08:47:00 Ellen Kearney
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:How the cut in Council tax gets paid for13/03/09 12:54:00 Andrew Broadbent
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:How the cut in Council tax gets paid for13/03/09 19:02:00 Greg Smith
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:How the cut in Council tax gets paid for16/03/09 18:32:00 Karen Cooper
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:How the cut in Council tax gets paid for20/03/09 12:23:00 Ellen Kearney
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:How the cut in Council tax gets paid for23/03/09 12:45:00 Andrew Broadbent
                                 How the cut in Council tax gets paid for30/03/09 23:54:00 Stephen Cowan
                                    Re:How the cut in Council tax gets paid for02/05/09 08:05:00 Ellen Kearney
                                       Re:Re:How the cut in Council tax gets paid for04/05/09 21:25:00 Dan Filson
                                          Another year another tax cut04/11/09 19:31:00 Ellen Kearney
                                             Re:Another year another tax cut20/11/09 17:17:00 Andrew Broadbent
   Re:How the cut in Council tax gets paid for18/01/10 08:55:00 Andy Jones
   Re:How the cut in Council tax gets paid for05/02/10 11:44:00 James Rafferty

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