Amazing news!!! Council tax could be frozen for a year from April '11. Celebrations......or just a little ploy to try and sweeten members of the public when everything else is being increased and spending reduced. Note the word 'could' in that first statement. This is a great idea in theory, however council tax will only be frozen for a year for those councils who keep their costs down.
What does this even mean? And are councils really going to reduce their spending even more in order to stop an increase in council tax? I can't see it happening, this is just a Tory/Lib Dem plan to keep the public happy and the real cuts hidden. Unfortunately for the Government, the public aren't stupid! If it happens then great, but I do see that even if the tax is frozen for a year, the following year we'll all be hit at least twice as hard!
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