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Council tax up by three per cent

Adam Derbyshire
20/ 2/2008

COUNCIL tax is to rise by almost three per cent in Tameside.

The hike, due to take effect in April, works out at 2.93 per cent — a 2.42 per cent increase plus precepts for police and fire.

Councillor Roy Oldham, leader of Tameside Council, has defended the rise.

He insisted that it is in line with the council’s strategy of keeping increases below 10 per cent over the next three years.

Cash will be ploughed into reducing crime, services for children and young people, stimulating the economy and sprucing up the borough.

Councillor Oldham said: "This is essentially the people’s budget providing improvement to the area.

"We have gone across a raft of services and given each one more money.

"I think we will give value.

"We are doing well but there is much to do on this never-ending programme of betterment."

But Tories attacked the ‘inflation busting’ rise, claiming council tax in Tameside has risen by 61 per cent since 1997.

At Tuesday night’s full council meeting, Conservative leader Councillor John Bell said: "Once again our council tax is to rise faster than the cost of living.

"The public are entitled to ask: ‘Where has the money gone?’

"We have a political leadership that is arrogant and blind to its failings.

"When I heard earlier today Fidel Castro was retiring I wondered if there would be a similar announcement in Tameside.

"Several Labour councillors in this room live in hope!"

The budget was agreed by all councillors apart from Tameside Conservatives who decided to abstain.


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   Tameside council supposed to be doing what the people want but never mention the state of our roads. If the rise was to improve the roads then I certainly would not begrudge paying more but you waste all your money trying to win awards and try to kid society that you are an excellent council when all the time you are putting more lives at risk. What would happen though if you did not have awards to hide behind???? Maybe this is why saving lives is not your priority and hiding behind an illusion is!

Callum's Mum who misses her Son every minute of everyday
Callum'sMum, stalybridge
13/03/2008 at 16:37
   I am totally discusted with the rise Tameside so called councillors have implemented on council tax do they think we have bottomless pockets, and now we hear they are putting up parking charges and may be introducing parking meters to sting us for even more money,then they want to give it to charity?,dont they know charity begins at home,also wheres all the money going they collect from recycling, I,m not to sure but I would have thought by doing this our council tax should be going down not up ? silly me forgot about the fat cat salarys. Also its nice to see our police force have nice shiny building around Tameside it a pity we cannot use them to serve the people who have paid for them or would that be to much to ask for , a police force that works outside the 9-5 hrs,they advertise that they are open for, another great waste of tax payers money.Prehaps all these mega paid council managers should have a day when they can get together and come up with some explanation has to were the tax payers money could really be spent, where decent law abiding people will genuinely benifit, Tameside Coucil dont have a clue ? I know why not employ more Tameside patrollers its nice to see them looking in shop windows, and driving around in posh cars paid for once again by usor even better why not employ more people to decide which roads to make one way and greate more traffic problems and longer delays through out Tameside. p.s any chance of filling some of the pot holes in or even please please please resurface some roads.

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Steve / Hyde, Hyde
28/02/2008 at 20:10
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