> My council (in the North) already announced they will not ask for the full rise, but something like 1%. That's fascinating - I'm genuinely intrigued where.

> My council (in the North) already announced they will not ask for the full rise, but something like 1%. That's fascinating - I'm genuinely intrigued where. Are you sure it's 1% total, not 1% of a sub part? But one council doesn't disprove what I said (it was more of an opinion to be honest though). The first 10 search results I found were all 2-3.99%. I did say the "full amount" though - I'll knock that down to at "at least 3%".