Rejected petition Review spending of Hereford Council to ensure they are accountable to the public

Herefordshire Council continue to waste the public money with no accountability or evidence of service and consideration to the public. They have proposed a significant increase of nearly 5% to council tax in a cost of living crisis. We the public demand how they spend the publics money is reviewed

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Review how the council spend the public’s money and publish this. This should be done prior to any increase in council tax

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It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

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Decisions about scrutiny of local authority spending are a matter for local councillors, not the UK Government or Parliament.

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Date submitted 26 January 2023
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