Four councils have steepest council tax increases above 5%

[BrilloPad]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7268231.stm

Wakefield, Derby, Leicester and Slough face the steepest increase at 5%.

Anyone here guess what these councils all have in common?

Troll? Anyone?

They are all places where you own BTL?

[DimPrawn]

They are all places where you own BTL?

How did you guess?

[Cyberman]

They are all subsidising the Scottish government's decision to freeze council tax rises?

Yup!! the Scots get 1500 pounds more subsidy per head spent on them relative to their fellow UK citizens. Bring on independence, and the day when they have to survive on their own taxes!! Methinks they are in for a bit of a shock.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Yup!! the Scots get 1500 pounds more subsidy per head spent on them relative to their fellow UK citizens. Bring on independence, and the day when they have to survive on their own taxes!! Methinks they are in for a bit of a shock.

Ireland doesn't seem to have done too badly ........and they don't have any oil....

[Churchill]

Ireland doesn't seem to have done too badly ........and they don't have any oil....

Spuds

Btw, the Scots don't have any oil either. It belongs to Britain.

[shaunbhoy]

Btw, the Scots don't have any oil either. It belongs to Britain.

And what a good thing it is for the Scots that the "British" Prime Minister deems them worthy of special consideration via the very pragmatic Barnett Formula.

[Churchill]

And what a good thing it is for the Scots that the "British" Prime Minister deems them worthy of special consideration via the very pragmatic Barnett Formula.

Yup, the twat certainly sold us down the river on that one.

Ah well, won't be too long before he's out/blown up/beheaded <- Delete as appropriate.

[Torran]

Yup!! the Scots get 1500 pounds more subsidy per head spent on them relative to their fellow UK citizens. Bring on independence, and the day when they have to survive on their own taxes!! Methinks they are in for a bit of a shock.

yawn zzzzz etc. Bitter and jealous all in the same post.

[shaunbhoy]

Ah well, won't be too long before he's out/blown up/beheaded <- Delete as appropriate.

Why not all three options simultaneously?
That would be "fair", and we know how Gordon likes things that way.

[Malingering BA]

Having grown up in Derby, and currently living near Leicester, I couldn't agree more about those too, although I feel Slough is worse, and I haven't been to Wakefield lately.

It's good to know that wherever you are, Slough is always worse.