Re: Capping

In article <memo.20060331151525.2932p@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Colin Rosenstiel <rosenstiel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <4e10385a38john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(John M Ward) wrote:

Interestingly, my council (Medway) has been threatened with
"capping" for its "excessive" Council Tax increase of 5.5%.

It is interesting because:

[snipped to save repetition]

All sounds very similar to York. They also say theirs is one of
the lowest Council Tax rates for any Unitary Authority in the
country.

I always download the full list as it appears on the ODPM website
every year -- not the "average per dwelling"-only one, but the one
that also lists the actual amounts that appear on people's bills
(Table 7 this year). This includes precepts, so are not entirely
useful, but are the only official figures I know of for all local
authorities in the country.

Last year, York's Band D was only 50 or so pounds higher than ours
in Medway, but there were a few others below theirs. The situation
this year is much the same, at 55 pounds difference separating the
two of us, and a few who are again in between.

I went on a family day trip to York last weekend and chanced to
meet the Deputy Leader of the Council in Betty's Tearoom. As one
does. :-)

No, we didn't talk about capping then.

Perhaps not too far removed from "Ilkley Moor Bah't Cap" ;-)

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John M Ward - see http://www.horsted.john-ward.org.uk
Conservative Councillor for Rochester South & Horsted ward, Medway
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