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4.10.04
Planned rises in Haringey's Council Tax for the coming year will result in
renewed hardship for local residents, says Cllr Neil Williams.
The Lib Dem
leader was commenting on a planned 6% rise in the Haringey element of
Council Tax for the coming year - well above the rate of inflation, and
excluding any increase that Labour Mayor Ken Livingstone might levy on
Haringey's hard pressed council tax payers.
Lib Dems say the planned increases will hit the less well off in the borough
particularly hard, especially local pensioners. Cllr Williams also says the
borough should put pressure on the Government to introduce a fair system of
local taxation.
Cllr Neil Williams comments:
"A six percent increase next year means that on top of the previous two
years' increases, Haringey residents will be paying a massive 33% more for
council services since the last local elections in 2002 - and that is not
including increases levied by London Labour Mayor Ken Livingstone, which
have taken the charges even higher.
"The planned increase will hit local pensioners particularly hard. Haringey Council is also not doing enough to ensure that pensioners take full
advantage of relief from Council Tax. What is needed is fair system of local
taxation, through a local income tax."
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