County Notes By County Councillor Eber Kington Council Tax In February the ruling Conservatives at SCC proposed and approved a council tax increase of 5.99%. That is a rise of nearly £80 a year for a Band D property. SCC faces some difficult financial challenges, but a 2017 independent Report Read more…
Surrey County Council approved a 4.99% council tax increase for next year at Tuesday’s Full Council meeting after plans for a 15% rise that would trigger a referendum were dropped. Leader David Hodge said that he was “willing to take a risk” that ministers would find a solution to the Read more…
Nikki Barton, County Councillor for Haslemere (Independent) said: Surrey is at breaking point. The impact of the government’s austerity squeeze on Surrey has meant that the Conservative Council cannot balance its budget. We have been forced to cut our cloth, but now the shirt is being taken off our backs. In Haslemere we have Read more…