Council tax bills up 4.5%.Byline: by DAVID David, in the Bible David, d. c.970 B.C., king of ancient Israel (c.1010–970 B.C.), successor of Saul. The Book of First Samuel introduces him as the youngest of eight sons who is anointed king by Samuel to replace Saul, who had been deemed a failure. BARTLET LIVERPOOL households will pay at least an extra pounds 42.90 a year on their council tax bills. Council officials today announced they intend to raise their share of the annual charge by 4.45% from April. It would add pounds 42.90 to the typical band A household bill, which is currently pounds 964.25, and pounds 64.36 to band D homes, which pay pounds 1,446.38 now. Deputy council leader Flo Clucas said the council had done its best to keep its increase as low as possible in the face of increased energy bills and a "below inflation" government grant. But opposition Labour leader Joe Anderson
Joe Anderson (born c. 1981) is a British actor. He attented Richmond upon Thames College and later the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London. said the proposed increase was the result of "poor financial management". Cllr Clucas said the planned budget would let the council keep "moderate" care for elderly people and school uniform grants. An additional pounds 2.5m will be spent on events for the city, and the council will offer a seven-days-a-week dog warden WARDEN. A guardian; a keeper. This is the name given to various officers: as, the warden of the prison; the wardens of the port of Philadelphia; church wardens. service. Last year, Liverpool was labelled the worst council in England by government inspectors because of the poor state of its finances. Officials hope they will throw off that title when new ratings are announced soon. Council officials said a "significant" amount of council tax reminders were not distributed last January. The problem was reported to them by TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. just before Christmas. Today the company confirmed that employees had been dismissed and it was co-operating with police. |
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