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Re:UK austerity has inflicted 'great misery' on citizens, UN... by yardstick on Saturday November 17, 2018 @06:59AM (#18475169)
My local (Labour, not that it really matters) council has taken pride in not raising council tax for the last 5+ years. Yet inflation has pushed up wages and expenses and somehow they expect to maintain the same quality of local government. Impossible!
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Re:UK austerity has inflicted 'great misery' on citizens, UN... by matthewmacleod on Saturday November 17, 2018 @07:17AM (#18475245)
That's a valid objection, though I think council tax is a particularly tricky issue to deal with in the UK – it's a highly regressive tax, but reform is difficult to achieve while the people who would be most affected by a proper reform would be Conservative voters.
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Re:UK austerity has inflicted 'great misery' on citizens, UN... by raesene9 on Saturday November 17, 2018 @07:12AM (#18475225)
plus of course the ongoing reductions in central funding for local authorities https://www.local.gov.uk/about/news/council-funding-be-furth...
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