srtaylo0 Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 At the end of the day - we vote the decision makers in so ultimately we are to blame. I wonder what counts as essential services ? essential pet projects ? and just having a laugh with public money. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 15 minutes ago, Anna B said: So we pay more council tax for fewer services and amenities. Where are we, the public, supposed to get all this extra money from? Its no different to anything, higher rents, mortgages, food prices, gas, water, electric, fuel, its always the little people that get stung 5 minutes ago, iansheff said: They don't care, don't they always put it up by the max they can? Although the cuts from central government don't help but even without the cuts I would imagine it would still rise by the maximum they could charge. technically its not the max, isnt 5% the max? [/nit picker mode off] 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna B Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 (edited) 4 minutes ago, srtaylo0 said: At the end of the day - we vote the decision makers in so ultimately we are to blame. I wonder what counts as essential services ? essential pet projects ? and just having a laugh with public money. Oh please, Democracy is nothing but a sham when both/all parties would do exactly the same. Where's the choice in that? 'Democracy' is just a convenient get out clause... Edited February 15, 2023 by Anna B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srtaylo0 Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 (edited) I can see where you are coming from on lack of choice. But if there was a party who said in their manifesto - come what may we are not raising council tax - would you vote for them ? If enough people would then surely a party perhaps one that is blue would do it 😀 Edited February 15, 2023 by srtaylo0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organgrinder Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 1 hour ago, HumbleNarrator said: The retarded Sheffield voters will continue to keep voting for the same shambles. You may well be retarded and can speak for yourself but I certainly am not. I haven't voted for that lot in the council for many years and family and people I know are the same. They are still returned despite a low turnout but what can we do about that if there is no one else to vote for, unless you want a Tory council too. Our voting system doesn't work. They call it democracy but it's not. Making posts like that doesn't say much about your mental processes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinTreeS7 Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 I cant believe its going up by nearly 5% again which is way more than a lot of wages and pensions go up per annum ... And why has central government withheld funding from councils such as Sheffield in former years ... is it to stop waste of funds? Sorry if I am not very well informed in this but I can only go by things I see , such as erecting giant unsightly containers in the middle of Fargate only to pay more money to tear them down again before they have even been used? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansheff Posted February 15, 2023 Author Share Posted February 15, 2023 25 minutes ago, melthebell said: Its no different to anything, higher rents, mortgages, food prices, gas, water, electric, fuel, its always the little people that get stung technically its not the max, isnt 5% the max? [/nit picker mode off] On the link to the BBC it says it is the max but on the story below it says 5% is the max as you say. Local authorities have new powers to raise council tax by 5% without holding a referendum, and it is expected almost all authorities will raise taxes by the maximum amount. Millions of households facing 5% council tax rise from April | UK News | Sky News 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeHasRisen Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 I mean, you could all move to Dartford instead if you like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna B Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 4 hours ago, iansheff said: On the link to the BBC it says it is the max but on the story below it says 5% is the max as you say. Local authorities have new powers to raise council tax by 5% without holding a referendum, and it is expected almost all authorities will raise taxes by the maximum amount. Millions of households facing 5% council tax rise from April | UK News | Sky News The government has been starving councils of sufficient funds for years, so services have gone down and down, so they have to raise council tax by 5%. But the government will be able to sail into the next election claiming they are the 'party of low taxation.' having neatly passed the buck. No doubt they will focus on various Labour councils for putting up council tax, and ignore Tory ones. What a perfect bit of Tory blame shifting that is. Absolutely classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassett one Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 you all could vote for another party Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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