Friendly reminder this is down to SNP council tax freezes and austerity. They’ve cut council budgets by nearly £8B since 2013 but did not allow councils to raise tax during that time, squeezing their budgets.
Councils need money. If you’re upset about these rises, there’s only one person to blame: the SNP.
Ooft… Falkirk, sore yin
The galling thing is that despite the rises we’re going to continue to see cuts to council services in the coming years.
Why is Inverclyde not on it?
Personally if it resulted in better services etc I wouldn’t mind paying more, however all I see is bin collections being cut, building on green spaces and neglect of public areas, except for vanity projects that benefit noone. Maybe additional funds will halt the decline but while I partially blame the government I also blame local councillors who campaign on national issues and seem to have little to no concept about what would benefit local communities.
I saw that water and wastage is going up 9.9% on top, so does this mean that figure on the right column is going to be more?
Glad I don’t live in Falkirk. That council tax hike doesn’t make it any nicer either.
I’m living in England, and these appear to be about what we’re paying (I’m in line with Dumfries and Galloway). Our water is also another 500 on top of that. I have to agree that the SNP kept them frozen to look good. They couldn’t afford it though. Councils are on their knees down here, so I can only guess,it must be worse in Scotland.
If this meant the area I stay in got better I’d be okay paying but I’m old and bitter and know fuck all will change
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The key issue is social care, and local councils all around the country are already spending 30-40% of their budget on social care. And with ageing population this percentage goes up every year, which means councils cut spending on all the rest (libraries, parks, etc.). A terrible situation really.
Wonder if we should reduce the number of councils. Might be more efficient and have economies of scale if they were fewer councils covering a larger area.
First time I’ve ever been happy to be in South Lanarkshire!
Can we just agree that nobody wins?
If anyone’s bothered, could you explain to me how the final amount is calculated? Obviously they are setting percentages but those seem to be percentages of different values.
Anyone getting pay rises in the same region?
Im in west Dumbartonshire, 2nd highest by the look of it. We arent getting any better services, the opposite services still cut again this year. The council is still broke.
Better do more to tackle rubbish and pot holes then
I’m in Aberdeen, paying the second highest rates in Scotland and getting absolutely nothing to show for it.
Pot holes everywhere, they’re taking away the grit bins, they’re getting rid of lollipop people, they’re cutting the hours of cleaners in schools, public bins never get emptied and dog waste bins constantly overflowing.
But it’s ok Aberdeen City Council, you go and spend 100s of thousands on ridiculous hanging street signs, pedestrianising Union street, a new park that nobody wants and spending millions on the beachfront that will take years
East Lothian, Prestonpans. They’ve been collecting green bins like once a month now. I have to put rubbish bags in my car and take to recycling at least once every 2 weeks. I’m not happy with the bin collections [insert compo face here]
Look at Falkirk go! Was council tax lower there or they just going for it ?
I would say it’s the down-stream effect of the treasury borrowing £1T in the last 5 years from wealthy investors with no means of getting any of it back in the coffers via tax receipts, so the taxpayers are on the hook for it once more. I’d just about put up with it if my bins got emptied more than once a month.
The worst part is it’ll be picked up in the CPI as inflation and the geniuses at the BoE will hold off on interest rate decreases so no one will have any money to spend and the economy will continue to stall (alongside tax receipts) and the share of the national budget dedicated to interest payments will stay high.
Scottish government pay policy: 9% over 3 years.
Came with a self-congratulatory (and fucking delusional) statement about how generous this is.
Inverclyde signed off on 8.5% today
That 5% limit seems well out the window with this lot.
FIFTEEN PER CENT?! This had better cover the a new recreation centre the bastards closed last year!
Could do with a bit more context, or even the increases over at least the past decade or so.
This just stirs shit and causes divide…
This is what I never understand about CPI figures.
Council Tax goes up 9%, trains go up 4%, busses up 10%, electricity goes up 9% … but then ONS claims that inflation is only 3%??? How does that make sense|.
In England the average council tax rise is near 5%
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Friendly reminder this is down to SNP council tax freezes and austerity. They’ve cut council budgets by nearly £8B since 2013 but did not allow councils to raise tax during that time, squeezing their budgets.
Councils need money. If you’re upset about these rises, there’s only one person to blame: the SNP.
Ooft… Falkirk, sore yin
The galling thing is that despite the rises we’re going to continue to see cuts to council services in the coming years.
Why is Inverclyde not on it?
Personally if it resulted in better services etc I wouldn’t mind paying more, however all I see is bin collections being cut, building on green spaces and neglect of public areas, except for vanity projects that benefit noone. Maybe additional funds will halt the decline but while I partially blame the government I also blame local councillors who campaign on national issues and seem to have little to no concept about what would benefit local communities.
I saw that water and wastage is going up 9.9% on top, so does this mean that figure on the right column is going to be more?
Glad I don’t live in Falkirk. That council tax hike doesn’t make it any nicer either.
I’m living in England, and these appear to be about what we’re paying (I’m in line with Dumfries and Galloway). Our water is also another 500 on top of that. I have to agree that the SNP kept them frozen to look good. They couldn’t afford it though. Councils are on their knees down here, so I can only guess,it must be worse in Scotland.
If this meant the area I stay in got better I’d be okay paying but I’m old and bitter and know fuck all will change
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The key issue is social care, and local councils all around the country are already spending 30-40% of their budget on social care. And with ageing population this percentage goes up every year, which means councils cut spending on all the rest (libraries, parks, etc.). A terrible situation really.
Wonder if we should reduce the number of councils. Might be more efficient and have economies of scale if they were fewer councils covering a larger area.
posted here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Scotland/comments/1j4rnsg/bbc_final_council_tax_levels_to_be_set_for_coming/
Insane prices for very little
First time I’ve ever been happy to be in South Lanarkshire!
Can we just agree that nobody wins?
If anyone’s bothered, could you explain to me how the final amount is calculated? Obviously they are setting percentages but those seem to be percentages of different values.
Anyone getting pay rises in the same region?
Im in west Dumbartonshire, 2nd highest by the look of it. We arent getting any better services, the opposite services still cut again this year. The council is still broke.
Better do more to tackle rubbish and pot holes then
I’m in Aberdeen, paying the second highest rates in Scotland and getting absolutely nothing to show for it.
Pot holes everywhere, they’re taking away the grit bins, they’re getting rid of lollipop people, they’re cutting the hours of cleaners in schools, public bins never get emptied and dog waste bins constantly overflowing.
But it’s ok Aberdeen City Council, you go and spend 100s of thousands on ridiculous hanging street signs, pedestrianising Union street, a new park that nobody wants and spending millions on the beachfront that will take years
East Lothian, Prestonpans. They’ve been collecting green bins like once a month now. I have to put rubbish bags in my car and take to recycling at least once every 2 weeks. I’m not happy with the bin collections [insert compo face here]
Look at Falkirk go! Was council tax lower there or they just going for it ?
I would say it’s the down-stream effect of the treasury borrowing £1T in the last 5 years from wealthy investors with no means of getting any of it back in the coffers via tax receipts, so the taxpayers are on the hook for it once more. I’d just about put up with it if my bins got emptied more than once a month.
The worst part is it’ll be picked up in the CPI as inflation and the geniuses at the BoE will hold off on interest rate decreases so no one will have any money to spend and the economy will continue to stall (alongside tax receipts) and the share of the national budget dedicated to interest payments will stay high.
Scottish government pay policy: 9% over 3 years.
Came with a self-congratulatory (and fucking delusional) statement about how generous this is.
Inverclyde signed off on 8.5% today
That 5% limit seems well out the window with this lot.
FIFTEEN PER CENT?! This had better cover the a new recreation centre the bastards closed last year!
Could do with a bit more context, or even the increases over at least the past decade or so.
This just stirs shit and causes divide…
This is what I never understand about CPI figures.
Council Tax goes up 9%, trains go up 4%, busses up 10%, electricity goes up 9% … but then ONS claims that inflation is only 3%??? How does that make sense|.
In England the average council tax rise is near 5%
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