Social Housing

[Organ Morgan.]

I stopped listening at 00.36 because at 0.33 this exchange occurred.

Resident: "Our Council Tax bill is very, very high."
Presenter: "Oh, I know."

The truth is Kensington and Chelsea's Council Tax bands are very, very affordable.

Council tax rates for Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 2017/18

Band*2016/17 2017/18
A £695.20 £708.01
B £811.07 £826.01
C £926.93 £944.02
D £1,042.80 £1,062.02

[The Alien]

I stopped listening at 00.36 because at 0.33 this exchange occurred.

Resident: "Our Council Tax bill is very, very high."
Presenter: "Oh, I know."

The truth is Kensington and Chelsea's Council Tax bands are very, very affordable.

Council tax rates for Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 2017/18

Band*2016/17 2017/18
A £695.20 £708.01
B £811.07 £826.01
C £926.93 £944.02
D £1,042.80 £1,062.02

That can't be right Mr Morgan, surely, unless you are talking about monthly payments?
I live on a council estate in Cwmbran and I pay over £1,100.00 a year.

[Nick]

That can't be right Mr Morgan, surely, unless you are talking about monthly payments?
I live on a council estate in Cwmbran and I pay over £1,100.00 a year.

https://www.kfh.co.uk/west-london/ke...gh/council-tax

Kensington & Chelsea is not run by the welsh Government.

[blue matt]

That can't be right Mr Morgan, surely, unless you are talking about monthly payments?
I live on a council estate in Cwmbran and I pay over £1,100.00 a year.

got to be monthly

[Organ Morgan.]

If anyone thinks Kensington and Chelsea's Council Tax must be the cheapest in the UK then think again.

This is nearby Westminster's: https://www.westminster.gov.uk/counc...ands-and-rates

[Nick]

If anyone thinks Kensington and Chelsea's Council Tax must be the cheapest in the UK then think again.

This is nearby Westminster's: https://www.westminster.gov.uk/counc...ands-and-rates

Strangely enough, Westminster is also not run by the Welsh Government.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Strangely enough, Westminster is also not run by the Welsh Government.

Councils in affluent areas such as Kensington and Westminster are able to raise more income than councils in less well off areas as we have in South Wales. Unfortunately, expenditure on social issues is higher in these less well off areas, so the poorer the area, the more likely it is that its residents will have higher council tax bills. This divide is likely to get worse when councils are allowed to keep all business rates, so monied areas, where more business flourish, will be even better off than areas that are more deprived, and where businesses are less likely to succeed.

[blue matt]

That can't be right Mr Morgan, surely, unless you are talking about monthly payments?
I live on a council estate in Cwmbran and I pay over £1,100.00 a year.

just spoke my brother who lives in london, he pays about £175 a month in council tax, his service charge on the flat brings it upto about £550, so that amount is a annual amount

[J R Hartley]

just spoke my brother who lives in london, he pays about £175 a month in council tax, his service charge on the flat brings it upto about £550, so that amount is a annual amount

175 a month?!? I pay £111 in the cheapest band in Merthyr??

[blue matt]

175 a month?!? I pay £111 in the cheapest band in Merthyr??

i presumed his £550 was his council tax, as he always talks about it as his property tax, but he includes his service charge in that amount

i was surprised to be honest