Rejected petition No to council tax increase!

Amber Rudd, wants to increase council tax to boost police funding. A £12 increase per household in council tax bills will put further stress on families. Sadly much of the foreign aid is used as a slush fund. Thus, this petition proposes diverting foreign aid funds to the police.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Local councils are responsible for deciding the rate of council tax in their area. However, there is a legal cap on how much they can increase council tax without asking local people to vote on it in a referendum.

The Government has announced that this cap will be increased for 2018-19. You can find out more about this here:

http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN05682

You could start a new petition calling on the Government not to make these changes, if that's what you'd like to happen.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 20 December 2017
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