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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 Out of date?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. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <[log in to unmask]> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 Date: 13-Jan-06 Time: 18:17:33 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------ ****************************************************** Please note that if you press the 'Reply' button your message will go only to the sender of this message. If you want to reply to the whole list, use your mailer's 'Reply-to-All' button to send your message automatically to [log in to unmask] *******************************************************