{"id":1355,"date":"2024-11-22T09:22:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T09:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/?p=1355"},"modified":"2024-11-23T08:45:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T08:45:46","slug":"conservatives-forgotten-council-tax-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/?p=1355","title":{"rendered":"Conservatives forgotten Council Tax policy?"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Maintain our status as having the lowest council tax outside London’?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Today RBWM has the lowest Council Tax outside London – and is on the verge of declaring bankruptcy.\u00a0 In my opinion this is the direct result of a local Conservative policy to keep Council Tax low<\/span><\/strong> and implemented for many years.<\/p>\n

According to the CIPFA Report (Table 2) RBWM Council Tax Average Band D\u00a0 = \u00a31,683.78 per year as compared with Slough (\u00a32,186.63) and Reading (\u00a32,367.47).<\/p>\n

At the RBWM Council Meeting on 20 November 2024 the Conservative opposition appear to have conveniently forgotten about their policy and its impacts on RBWM finances.\u00a0 For the record I have republished both sides of an official Conservative election leaflet dated May 2023 that clearly confirms the policy at the top of their ‘ten point plan’ on the back page.<\/p>\n

‘Maintain our status as having the lowest council tax outside London’<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Is this policy something to be proud of – or maybe not?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A copy of the CIPFA Review document including the Council Tax figures can be found here<\/strong><\/span><\/a> from page 49 onwards<\/p>\n

P.S. – Double the Council Tax increase? <\/span><\/strong>\u00a0If today – RBWM Council Tax Band D = \u00a31,683 and Reading = \u00a32,367 – then applying an annual increase of 10% and 5% respectively – it will take about 8 years for RBWM to achieve Reading Council Tax levels – at about \u00a33,300.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

‘Maintain our status as having the lowest council tax outside London’? 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