[Finance] Council tax '25 up 5.03%

[wardy wonder land]

Anybody else get a wage increase of 5% year on year - i don't

Anybody else thinking od withholding / playing silly buggers - i don't want to be paying into the councillers pension fund

Patcahm BN1 band "C"

2020 1737.38 4.03%
2021 1825.97 5.10%
2022 1882.94 3.12%
2023 1980.36 5.17%
2024 2078.28 4.94%
2025 2182.92 5.03%

 

[Chicken Run]

Anybody else get a wage increase of 5% year on year - i don't

Anybody else thinking od withholding / playing silly buggers - i don't want to be paying into the councillers pension fund

Patcahm BN1 band "C"

2020 1737.38 4.03%
2021 1825.97 5.10%
2022 1882.94 3.12%
2023 1980.36 5.17%
2024 2078.28 4.94%
2025 2182.92 5.03%

I’d love to know the % of B & H residents who for whatever reason don’t pay the full amount of Council Tax

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Standard practice isn't it, everything must get 5% more expensive every year whether it's justified or not. We get absolutely bled dry in this country.

 

[Hotchilidog]

Given that costs of the services that council provide go up every year and the main source of funding from the government is continually cut then these increases will continue.

Cutting local government spending has been a tool used by the government to avoid income tax increases for decades now.

 

[Weststander]

I’m ok with it. Pay rises for staff, social services, recycling & refuse …. vital cogs.

The water bill increase is the shocker.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Well we knew it was coming

 

[Beanstalk]

I’m ok with it. Pay rises for staff, social services, recycling & refuse …. vital cogs.

The water bill increase is the shocker.

Yeah, 5% seems like nothing compared to the 43% increase in my water bill next month. I'll be paying more for water for a household of two adults than I pay for Gas and Electric...

 

[Biscuit]

It needs to be done. The services provided are essential.

It's just difficult to find the money with the cost of gas, electric, water, mobile phone, broadband, home and car insurance also going up as well.

 

[LamieRobertson]

I’m ok with it. Pay rises for staff, social services, recycling & refuse …. vital cogs.

The water bill increase is the shocker.

Re my council tax….theres a separate charge for “Adur Special Expenses” ….must research what this actually refers to.

biggest increase is Sussex Police at 5.5%

 

[Bodian]

Depends if you want your bins collected or not.

Constant cuts to direct government funding of local authorities means that the money they require to provide your services for you has to be found somewhere else.

Have you moaned and refused to withhold payment to your local garage when their service charges rose this year, probably by 5% or more (32% in 2023 apparently)? Those refuse collection vehicles also have to be repaired and serviced - so the bills to local authorities are also going up by >5% for this sort of thing. And all the other added costs from electricity / gas price increases. All have to be met.

Where do they find that money from if not by putting up the council tax?

 

[wardy wonder land]

Depends if you want your bins collected or not.

Constant cuts to direct government funding of local authorities means that the money they require to provide your services for you has to be found somewhere else.

Have you moaned and refused to withhold payment to your local garage when their service charges rose this year, probably by 5% or more (32% in 2023 apparently)? Those refuse collection vehicles also have to be repaired and serviced - so the bills to local authorities are also going up by >5% for this sort of thing. And all the other added costs from electricity / gas price increases. All have to be met.

Where do they find that money from if not by putting up the council tax?

true - but i have not signed up a 10year contract to take my car to the same garage - i can shop around

 

[rippleman]

Re my council tax….theres a separate charge for “Adur Special Expenses” ….must research what this actually refers to.

biggest increase is Sussex Police at 5.5%

For as long as I can remember the police element of Council Tax has always had the highest % increase.

And yet every year, the service gets worse.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Re my council tax….theres a separate charge for “Adur Special Expenses” ….must research what this actually refers to.

biggest increase is Sussex Police at 5.5%

The police commissioner thing irritates me in the extreme……

 

[rippleman]

The town traffic in Worthing is a nightmare whilst roadworks are ongoing to install a more efficient heating system for the town hall, museum and art gallery.

Worthing Heat Network - Adur & Worthing Councils

About the heat network project. We are working in partnership with low-carbon energy...

www.adur-worthing.gov.uk

But they don't appear to have considered the increase in emissions from vehicles stuck in traffic jams, nor the adverse impact on the town's economy as a result of delays in deliveries etc.

And if we have this disruption, why not prioritise the hospital and schools rather than making sure the councillors are all warm and toasty? It's not a good look.

 

[BBassic]

For as long as I can remember the police element of Council Tax has always had the highest % increase.

And yet every year, the service gets worse.

Constant increases to policing whilst social care bits get way less. One can't help but think if we spent more on social care the need for more and more police funding might wane.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Lewes District Council rise is 2.99%

 

[Weststander]

Re my council tax….theres a separate charge for “Adur Special Expenses” ….must research what this actually refers to.

biggest increase is Sussex Police at 5.5%

I’d pay far more police, the reduction in front line personnel since 2010 was a huge mistake imho. Now next to no traffic cops, shoplifting gangs can do as they please.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

true - but i have not signed up a 10year contract to take my car to the same garage - i can shop around

You cant magic services out of thin air.

 

[Bodian]

true - but i have not signed up a 10year contract to take my car to the same garage - i can shop around

You can move!.....

Lewes District Council rise is 2.99%

 

[Guinness Boy]

Anybody else get a wage increase of 5% year on year - i don't

Anybody else thinking od withholding / playing silly buggers - i don't want to be paying into the councillers pension fund

Patcahm BN1 band "C"

2020 1737.38 4.03%
2021 1825.97 5.10%
2022 1882.94 3.12%
2023 1980.36 5.17%
2024 2078.28 4.94%
2025 2182.92 5.03%

You'll be the first to whinge when your bins aren't collected.