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6 Jan 2016

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EDDC and DCC raise council taxes

EDDC by 1.9%
DCC by 2.00%

and both slash services as government help dries up and more services are privatised. 2% is maximum allowed by central government before triggering a referendum.

Here is what Claire Wright thinks about the DCC rise:

http://www.claire-wright.org/index.php/post/devon_county_council_hikes_council_tax_by_two_per_cent_as_govt_slashes_budg

One thought on “EDDC and DCC raise council taxes”

  1. I can understand DCC not wanting to raise their precept by more than 2% (which is still substantially above inflation) because the DCC precept forms the majority of the overall Council Tax bills, and so any DCC rise makes a big difference to council tax bills..

    But (from memory) EDDC’s precept accounts for only 10% of the overall Council tax bill, so a rise of 2% results in only a 0.2% increase in overall council tax.

    It seems to me that the only two reasons for EDDC not raising their council tax precept above 2% are:

    a. That it will trigger a referendum, which will bring council finances into far greater public scrutiny and expose the financially short-sighted short-term decisions made in previous years; and

    b. Be a highly embarrassing u-turn after their boastful crowing about how they kept council tax frozen for several years.

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