March meeting of Copeland Council

Key issues from this afternoon

1) The budget and council tax have been set for next year.

The increase in the Copeland Council element of the tax will be 2.8%

The fact that such a large increase was necessary is that the government grant which constitute's most of the council's income has only increased by half a percent, which represents a big cut in the council's real income.


2) Home Housing appear to have sent another letter to some tenants of Copeland Homes, with another proposal to introduce service charges

It was agreed that the council should contact Home Housing and establish exactly what they are proposing, for whom, and why.


3) I asked if the council's policy on major retail development (e.g. ASDA, Tesco, etc) will be reported either to the Economic Development O&S Committee, or back to the full council, or both. This has been promised.

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