Greetings, Folks
Cambs County Council is facing financial problems (surprise?)
I'm concerned by a remark made by Cambridgeshire County Council
leader Keith Walters as reported in the Cambridge Evening News
on 3 January:
http://tinyurl.com/dqhde
namely
Coun Walters criticised the Government for putting
the council in such a difficult position, and said
that, despite a population explosion, only two county
councils in England currently have lower tax rates
than Cambridgeshire.
He said: "The massive growth in population we are
facing places huge demand upon public services - more
older people to care for, traffic on our roads and
waste requiring disposal - and yet, no account is
taken of this in our funding settlement from Government.
I thought there was a fairly elaborate system (as I recall
based on multiple regression ... ) whereby central Government
adjusted the Council Tax grants to local authorities according
to precisely such factors (and others).
Am I wrong? Out of date? Or is Coun Walters talking a load
of whatever?
Best wishes to all,
Ted.
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