Yet Another Over The Odds Council Tax Increase For The People Of North Durham

The Labour Council in Durham are engaging in a bout of self congratulation about the fact that they have managed to restrict the Council Tax rise this year to 1.9%. This comes after years of big Council Tax increases for people in County Durham. Indeed, the Council is only able to 'boast' of a 1.9% increase because it looks low in relation to the scale of their Council Tax hikes in recent years.

Why they are congratulating themselves about this little fact when so many people in North Durham are having to tighten their belts is absolutely beyond me. For this to happen at the same time as the Council is closing Care Homes and cutting back other facilities is shocking. For Council Tax payers to be hit at the same time as Labour Councillors vote for a 20% allowance increase in unforgivable.

That's why I'm calling on the Council to freeze Council Tax for this year. A Conservative Government would work with local authorities to freeze Council Tax for two years. The Council Tax payers of North Durham deserve better than yet another Council Tax hike.