Council tax bill

[swamp]

The services provided by the council for that money...

As I understand it, we pay our council tax and the council are obliged to hand most of it over to central Government, who then hand some of it back.

So for instance in Liverpool they have quite a high council tax, but they receive even more from the Government because they have many many people on benefits who don't pay a penny.

In Richmond, on the other hand, everyone is loaded. But the Royal Borough has to hand back all this cash to the Government, who in turn use it to subsidise cheaper areas. Hence its rather expensive council tax -- one of the highest in the country I believe.

[Moscow Mule]

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That's as maybe. They seem to be able to provide quite good services off the back of it, regardless...

[DimPrawn]

Oi DimPrawn, what happened to my signature?

It was washed away by the rising sea levels.

[hyperD]

It was washed away by the rising sea levels.

[minestrone]

£2,320.60

That's what you get when you have an cocaine fiend running the council.

[TykeMerc]

£750 ish including the living alone allowance thing.

I bought the house after the divorce as it was cheaper than renting somewhere, but it's turned out fairly well.

[shaunbhoy]

£2530.79

ouch.

Anyone beat that?

Yes. £2564.19..........Band G.

Broken down thus :-

Devon County Council 1860.60
Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Authority 119.62
Devon & Cornwall Police 261.00
Teignbridge District Council 250.28
Teignmouth Town Council 72.69

Four King Rip-Off City!!!

And on top of that the Annual Water Rates top £1300!!!


And to cap it all, here is our MP............

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...-expenses.html

[Vallah]

£600 combined rates and water bill, much more like it.

[sasguru]

The services provided by the council for that money...

Are Richmond's services that much better than its neighbour Wandsworth?
They'd have to be 3 times as good which they most definitely are not.

[shaunbhoy]

Are Richmond's services that much better than its neighbour Wandsworth?
They'd have to be 3 times as good which they most definitely are not.

People in Wandsworth get a discount because you live there sasguru.
Those in Richmond shell out that bit more to keep you there.

HTH