Labour and Lib/Dems set Cumbria council tax at 4% increase

Cumbria County Council's element of the council tax in Cumbria (which is by far the largest element) was voted through yesterday with a 3.99% increase.

Technically this consisted of a 1.99% rise in the general level of council tax plus the 2% increase on top which the government permitted to pay for adult social care.

What this would mean for households in Cumbria is that the county council element of the council tax will rise as follows:

For a Band B property in Cumbria the county council element will rise by £39.75
 (from £996.35 in 2016/17 to £1036.10 in 2018/19)

For a band D property the County Council element will rise by £51.11
 (from £1,281.02 in 2016/17 to ££1332.13 in 2018/19)

For a band H property the County Council element will rise by £102.22
 (from £2,562.04 in 2016/17 to ££2,664.26 in 2018/19)

The council tax bill for any household will also include elements for the Police service (following consultation the PCC is putting this up by just over 5% to pay for more bobbies on the beat,) plus:

 * the relevant district or borough council (for residents of my division this is Copeland Borough Council who are setting their council tax on Tuesday 20th February)

 * in most cases for the Town or Parish Council

 * this will be Whitehaven Town Council for my Mirehouse constituents,

 * Egremont Town Council for residents in Moor Row or Bigrigg,

 * and St Bees Parish Council for residents of St Bees and much of the surrounding area.

The Conservative group moved an amendment which would have used £1.13 million from an extra allocation which the national government provided to Cumbria for Rural services delivery as a fund to provide more community transport. This was voted down by Labour councillors and almost all the Lib/Dems and independents.

The Administration budget was then passed the Labour, Lib/Dem and some Independent councillors with the Conservatives and one Independent voting against.

Comments

Jim said…
Wonder how many people got a 4% rise in income this year to match that
Chris Whiteside said…
4% is certainly above the average pay rise in money terms, so there may have been some people who received such an increase but the average person didn't.

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