is the system of funding local services fundamentally flawed?
consider the following 2 councils
Cardiff
population 360k
area 54 sq miles
budget £656m
Cambridge
population 148k
area 15 sq miles
budget £1041m
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is the system of funding local services fundamentally flawed?
consider the following 2 councils
Cardiff
population 360k
area 54 sq miles
budget £656m
Cambridge
population 148k
area 15 sq miles
budget £1041m
I'd be interested to hear anybody's attempt at arguing no to this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rjk
The tax system isn't fit for purpose but I can't see it changing.
How is council tax calculated and by who ?
Do Cambridge residents pay more than Cardiff residents?
How is the central govt grant calculated ?
Does the Senedd add / subtract anything ?
ah ignore that, looks like the budget value for Cambridge is for the whole county which has a population of about 650k
I thought the figures looked a bit odd 👍