Labour councillors have been blamed for attempts to hike Council Tax across the country, in particular for 86,000 Sheffielders currently living alone. A submission made by the Local Government Association to Government Ministers asks for powers to remove Council Tax discounts, including the single-person discount. The move, which would see single-people’s Council Tax hiked by [...]
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Fiasco over Council Tax summons prompts call for compensation
Liberal Democrats in Sheffield have called for compensation for hundreds of residents who were incorrectly sent council tax court summons. The Council were left red-faced over the weekend as it transpired that hundreds of court summons were sent out to local people, either up-to-date with payments or exempt from the tax. As a result residents [...]
Lib Dems slam Labour as council tax bombshell hits vulnerable
Local Lib Dem councillors have slammed the decision of Labour-run Sheffield City Council to hit vulnerable residents with a council tax bombshell. The Council have announced that they plan to cut council tax benefit for all working age residents by 20%, meaning a family in a Band A property could pay an extra £3.76 a [...]
Coalition Government Council Tax freeze confirmed
Local Liberal Democrats have welcomed today’s news that the Coalition Government’s Council Tax freeze for next year’s bills in Sheffield has been confirmed. When Labour came to power in 1997 a Band D Council bill for Sheffield stood at £686. When Labour left office in 2010 the bill had increased by more than double to [...]
Lib Dems hail Council Tax freeze cash
Local Liberal Democrats have called on Labour run Sheffield City Council to confirm it will take advantage of the new £805m Coalition Government fund to help local authorities freeze Council Tax in the next financial year. This year Sheffield saw Council Tax frozen for the first ever time, thanks to the then Liberal Democrat administration [...]
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Local Elections 2012
