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Hammersmith & Fulham Cuts Tax

December 13, 2011 | Author
Hammersmith & Fulham council (H&F) has announced that they are proposing to cut council tax next year by 3.75 per cent. This will be the fifth year in six where the council has managed to cut council tax. This saving is due to several cost cutting measures including combining services with Westminster and Kensington & [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Better Government, Brighton & Hove, Council Tax, Hammersmith & Fulham, Local Government, London, Stephen Greenhalgh, Tax | Comments Closed

Wasteful spending during Council efficiency drive

December 7, 2011 | Author
Like many councils, Sheffield City Council recently embarked upon a £57 million cost-cutting exercise in response to a fall in the central government grant. After council tax bills have nearly doubled across the country in the last decade there is no way taxpayers should pick up the bill. Apparently unaware of the irony, the council [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Burning Our Money, Local Government, Sheffield City Council, Trust in Politics | Comments Closed

(Not quite) the whole story

December 6, 2011 | Author
The Treasury has recently published the Whole of Government accounts for 2010, which provide consolidated financial information for over 1,500 public sector organisations. This is the first time that such a detailed document has been put together and is a positive step towards greater transparency in how taxpayers’ money is spent. Perhaps the most worrying [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Better Government, deficit, Public Sector Pensions, Royal Navy, transparency, Treasury | Comments Closed
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