Rejected petition No Council in the Uk can set council tax rise higher than the rate of inflation.

The average working class person only had a pay rise of 2.1% last year and cannot afford a yearly council tax rise 5%.
Councils should be more accountable for the way the spend, save and invest taxpayers money. They should look at the Thurrock council business model, it is almost self sufficient.

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

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Date submitted 3 March 2018
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