Yorkshire Post: £100m council tax ‘time bomb’ set to explode in Yorkshire
Richmondshire’s decision has provoked an immediate backlash from the campaign group Taxpayers’ Alliance (TPA), which announced a “day of action” in Richmond – and now warns it would consider similar protests in York.
The TPA is calling on authorities to freeze or cut council tax immediately, accusing those turning down the grant and raising tax levels of being “out of touch”.
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The TPA said local authorities should instead “learn to work more efficiently”. The campaign group will be holding an Action Day on February 18 in Richmond to protest against the rise.
TPA chief Executive Matthew Elliott said: “It’s incredibly out of touch for town hall bosses to inflict a council tax rise on hard-pressed households, many of them already struggling with the rising cost of living.
“Council tax has nearly doubled in the last decade without a corresponding increase in the level of services. Local authorities across Yorkshire have to find millions in savings and learn to work more efficiently, they need to stop pretending just a little more cash is the answer to all their problems.”
