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Recently moved home and the council tax has jumped up 2 bands. Now that entails 1400 odd quid a year.
Barstewards.
Luckypants
01-07-08, 09:03 AM
Bring back the Poll Tax! Then you would not be paying anything different, unless you moved council areas. Being on Poll Tax used to save me a packet (and would now!!).
Bring back the Poll Tax! Then you would not be paying anything different, unless you moved council areas. Being on Poll Tax used to save me a packet (and would now!!).
Sounds better than what I am forced to pay now!
What I don't get is that up the road from where I live it is band A??
Sounds better than what I am forced to pay now!
What I don't get is that up the road from where I live it is band A??
Hmmm. Is 'up the road' L6?;)
Paul the 6th
01-07-08, 09:06 AM
1100 quid in york :( was 1200 in west yorkshire...
and I've tried to start recycling but in the past month, the bin men have left my bin un-emptied twice because I put washed out plastic bottles in the green bin, when it turns out the green bin is for garden waste only, and plastics should be put in a small box next to the green bin... Sod it then, I'll start having garden fires and destroy the ozone layer if they're gonna get all jobsworth on my ass...
Hmmm. Is 'up the road' L6?;)
Nope. I live in L3, the drop in band is L2.
Madness.
Mines expensive I could do with poll tax probably, although being young and Niave I'm not sure if it would really benefit me at all.
Not sure what my council tax gets spent on mind, I just pay it.
Mines expensive I could do with poll tax probably, although being young and Niave I'm not sure if it would really benefit me at all.
Not sure what my council tax gets spent on mind, I just pay it.
That's what baffles me. Is it for emergency services, getting your bins taken out etc?
Or not getting your bins taken out in Pauls case!
Mine is £129 / month over 10 months.
We have a green bin for rubbish, and now a brown bin for garden waste.
it is on the cards that we will get a blue bin for recycling, instead of the flower box things. But if we get a full size recycle bin, our normal bin will only get emptied once a fortnight! :(
I tried looking on the local council website but it wasnt very clear, obviously theres the police/fire side of things which I can appreciate.
Our bin only gets collected once a fortnight though and they are 50% the size of a conventional wheelie bin.
My girlfriend and I pay £148 between us :( which probably is nothing compared to what some people with massive houses and some londen/southern people probably have to pay lol
21QUEST
01-07-08, 09:20 AM
That's what baffles me. Is it for emergency services, getting your bins taken out etc?
Or not getting your bins taken out in Pauls case!
Usually letter from the council cntainign your bill does give a break down(well sort of) of where your money supposedly goes hehe ;)
Ours is £1300 so that's over £100 a month eeek!!
Ben
Nope. I live in L3, the drop in band is L2.
Madness.
Yes that is very odd. L2 is city centre, you'd expect it to be more.
Most of the council tax £££ goes on education spending.
I have to pay £150month business rates. I get nothing at all for that, no services, no vote. They don't even empty the bin, either I have to pay a private bin wagon to do it, or bring it home and hide it in the domestic bin.
Usually letter from the council cntainign your bill does give a break down(well sort of) of where your money supposedly goes hehe ;)
Ours is £1300 so that's over £100 a month eeek!!
Ben
I feel your pain. Between me and my mate it's 156 a month. :mad:
Doesn't half cripple me.
21QUEST
01-07-08, 09:25 AM
Yes that is very odd. L2 is city centre, you'd expect it to be more.
Most of the council tax £££ goes on education spending.
I have to pay £150month business rates. I get nothing at all for that, no services, no vote. They don't even empty the bin, either I have to pay a private bin wagon to do it, or bring it home and hide it in the domestic bin.
Ed, so what's the business rate for :confused:
Ben
Yes that is very odd. L2 is city centre, you'd expect it to be more.
Most of the council tax £££ goes on education spending.
I have to pay £150month business rates. I get nothing at all for that, no services, no vote. They don't even empty the bin, either I have to pay a private bin wagon to do it, or bring it home and hide it in the domestic bin.
That's the thing. L3 is city centre as well. Ten minutes on foot to get 'over the border' as it were.
Ed, so what's the business rate for :confused:
Ben
Seperate home and business premises
21QUEST
01-07-08, 09:42 AM
Seperate home and business premises
Err I know that lol
The council tells you what your money is spent on but Ed says he(as a business owner) gets nothing for his £150.
What does the council actually spend Eds £150 on.....where does his money go. He doesn't even have his waste taken care off.
Ben
Err I know that lol
The council tells you what your money is spent on but Ed says he(as a business owner) gets nothing for his £150.
What does the council actually spend Eds £150 on.....where does his money go. He doesn't even have his waste taken care off.
Ben
Nothing. And I mean, nothing. I spose it's a contribution towards the cost of eddication, street lighting, general Shrewsbury & Atcham Borough Council running expenses. But we get zero services.
Plus - our council tax is hefty - £200 a month. Yes we live in a nice area and in a nice house but it's not vast and I think it's unfair. Tried appealing, no joy.
The whole system stinks, Mike's right - the poll tax was much fairer.
timwilky
01-07-08, 10:19 AM
As one who benefited hugely from the "Poll Tax", I agree it is much fairer. Why because you decide to save your brass and buy a nice house etc. Should you pay more than the guy who p1sses his money away ever night etc.
You both get the same services or lack of. so you should both pay the same.
I have heard silly comments about local income taxes etc. No way. Now you get councils trying to rob us of additional cash with taxes on people who don't live but work in their area. Nottingham car park tax. Manchester "congestion charge" etc. The people effected most have no choices as to boot out those responsible as they are not thier local councils etc.
I for one would like to see "county councils" scrapped. Local authorities responsible for their local areas. That way you have accountability and visibility on expenditure and waste.
gettin2dizzy
01-07-08, 11:11 AM
I have heard silly comments about local income taxes etc. No way. Now you get councils trying to rob us of additional cash with taxes on people who don't live but work in their area. Nottingham car park tax. Manchester "congestion charge" etc. The people effected most have no choices as to boot out those .
You mean the employed tax. The one that only effects people who are employed and need to get to work on time. Manchester plans to charge bikes too.... what nonsense!
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