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Well I suggest you visit Norfolk. Councils have sold off their long-held land to developers, dumped their investments to their mates, stripped down services and
by oliwarner 4y ago
Well I suggest you visit Norfolk. Councils have sold off their long-held land to developers, dumped their investments to their mates, stripped down services and tendered the rest. Serco does everything.
Save the odd blip, Norfolk is as blue as it gets. Interestingly they also blame central government.
And local tax raising is pretty blunt. How much your house would have been worth in April 1991, if you're working. High-retirement or high-unemployment areas usually have lower rates, and much lower incomes, while needing more than rich areas.
- origin_path 4y agoYes, I said "many of which are Labour yet have the same issue" i.e. it's an issue with local governments of all stripes. There's a culture of spending more than tax levels allow then expecting central government to make up the difference.