Quote Originally Posted by islandblue View Post
Council tax has gone through the roof over the last decade as well. Here in Barry , Vale of Glam have increased it by nearly 50 percent in the last decade and some of the proposed rises this year are astronomical. Do we really need 22 unitary authorities for a population slightly less than Greater Manchester? My youngest son who has a young family lives in Llantrisant and is dreading the rise RCT want to levy this year.
It's worth looking up what this is spent on. Our council budget was released a few weeks back, 50% of the overall county council budget went to adult social care.

People think their council tax covers people to pick their bins up and potholes, which makes people think it's terrible value. Social care should be centrally funded to take away this lottery of funding, some councils will be in a far worse place than others because of demographics.