When I moved to BN1 a couple of years ago my car insurance went up to £1000 third party fire and theft. Wow, you must be thinking I had a top quality motor. Well you'd be wrong because I had a G reg (yes, that is from 1990) Ford Fiesta 1.1! Yous actually can't get much more basic unless you buy a Reliant Robin! Scandolous!
my car insurance doubled when we moved from horsham, and our council tax up here is more, depsite the myth that rich southern councils are subsidising poor northern ones.