Council tax will be frozen, County Hall confirms (From Bucks Free Press)
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Council tax will be frozen, County Hall confirms
5:30pm Monday 6th February 2012 in Risborough
BCC Leader Martin Tett
COUNCIL tax will be frozen for a second year, Buckinghamshire County Council confirmed today.
The Cabinet approved final budget recommendations for savings of £21.7m for 2012/13.
Officials described 84 per cent of the total revenue savings as representing 'service efficiencies', 10 per cent as 'service reductions' and six per cent as additional income.
In a statement BCC said: “The proposals, agreed by Cabinet today ensure that the Council will be able to meet the financial challenges ahead, protect grants to the voluntary sector, continue support for the most vulnerable and provides for an additional £5 million investment in road maintenance, the highest priority area identified by local residents and businesses.
“The County's current two year road programme now comprises £30m with another £15m in the following two years.
“Plans have been prepared in the light of a 10.4% reduction in core Government funding and year-on-year service pressures such as an ageing population, the increasing number of looked after children, inflationary pressures and increasing landfill tax.
“If approved, the Council's net operating revenue budget for 2012/13 will be £328 million, with capital investment of about £105 million to spend in areas like improving schools and repairing buildings.”
BCC Leader Cllr Martin Tett, said the council tax freeze, thanks to a Government grant, was good news for residents.
Comments(9)
ivor
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7:17pm Mon 6 Feb 12
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Have you read Ivor’s blog today? Click on the “BLOGS” link at the top of the page.
yog
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7:59pm Mon 6 Feb 12
chris740
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8:26pm Mon 6 Feb 12
Hopscotch Willie
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10:57pm Mon 6 Feb 12
ivor wrote:So do you actively want them to be increased? This measure is reducing overheads you fool. Sometimes the Council can never win with people like you about. As for Chris740 well he probably sits on his sofa all day twitching his curtains when the binmen don't arrive at 7AM.
The Council Tax may be frozen but lots of the services are too, just look at how many local libraries are now run by volunteers....
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Have you read Ivor’s blog today? Click on the “BLOGS” link at the top of the page.
ImpeturbableLawrence
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1:02am Tue 7 Feb 12
J B Blackett
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1:11am Tue 7 Feb 12
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That was so long ago (1980s) , but I have got some DVDs of that show , so please excuse the reference.
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miccles
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9:33am Tue 7 Feb 12
Hopscotch Willie wrote:So you actually agree with all this cost cutting on the elderley, mentally handicapped, disabled people do you?????? While non essential things carry on with more money.
ivor wrote: The Council Tax may be frozen but lots of the services are too, just look at how many local libraries are now run by volunteers.... ~ Have you read Ivor’s blog today? Click on the “BLOGS” link at the top of the page.So do you actively want them to be increased? This measure is reducing overheads you fool. Sometimes the Council can never win with people like you about. As for Chris740 well he probably sits on his sofa all day twitching his curtains when the binmen don't arrive at 7AM.
And you also don't think the council waste money???????????????
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You better start getting a life then.
And as for that Tett bloke in the picture, well i think this must be the first time i have seen a picture of him on this site with actually something to do with council business, id he taking a break from his trains??????? or is he thinking up another way taxpayers money can be spent on his little hornby railway project.
piran
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11:07am Tue 7 Feb 12
yog wrote:Yog you are so right. Come on Buckinghamshire County Council & Tett - stop stealing our Council taxes to pay for a political & illegally campaign against HS2. Despite a small vocal minority, not all of us in Bucks are anti-HS2. In fact as the recent local election showed, the only candidate who stood on the anti-HS2 ticket (UKIP) came in 3rd!!
If they stopped wasting money on fighting HS2 we could have a tax cut.
ShopFloorSteward says...
5:52pm Mon 6 Feb 12
But bad news when in a year's time the government stops compensating Councils for the freeze and Councils have to either hit residents with a large increase to catch up or make more cuts to services to cope with the reduced tax base.
http://www.publicfin
ance.co.uk/news/2011
/11/councils-wary-of
-tax-freeze-cash/