After a rejig of local authority funding which has skewed cash distribution from government to northern areas Labour is now allowing six London borough councils to raise council tax by as much as they want. Unlimited power…
Wandsworth, Hammersmith & Fulham, Westminster, City of London, Kensington & Chelsea, and Windsor and Maidenhead can now raise council tax above the previous maximum permitted core increase of 5%. Overspending councils have been pushing the limit and lobbying for the ability to confiscate even more from residents…
The funding changes are coming through in April, just before the locals the next month. Tax and spend mania at every level of government…
Lord Khan in the Telegraph: “I hope, and I say this in a non-pompous way, that the public service I do will bring rewards in this world and the hereafter,” he says. “I’m hoping the work I do is earning me Brownie points.”