Bolton’s above inflation Council Tax rise contrasts sharply with what other local Councils have been able to do.    

A survey of other local Councils shows the following results:

• Manchester (Labour)                         Council Tax Frozen
• Salford (Labour)                                 Council Tax Frozen
• Bury (Labour)                                      Council Tax Frozen
• Wigan (Labour)                                   Council Tax Frozen
• Blackburn with Darwen (Labour)    Council Tax Frozen
• Rochdale (Labour)                               Council Tax Frozen
• Oldham (Labour)                                  Council Tax Frozen
• Stockport (Lib Dem)                            Council Tax Frozen
• Trafford (Con)                                       Council Tax Frozen

We put forward a fully costed amendment ( see details elsewhere on this site) which would have allowed Bolton  to also freeze its Council Tax while investing £5 million in local roads.

Residents will find it hard to understand why the Labour Council has insisted on putting up Council Tax again when they were offered a £1 million grant to freeze it, and had underspent this year by another £1.5 million.

 

 

 

 

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