LOCAL councillors help set the council tax rate. Local councils announce a major increase in the council tax rate. The creation of unitary councils causes councillors to lose their positions, as their numbers will be cut.
It is revealed that councillors are now attempting to take council tax payers' money as compensation for their early exit from public life (Echo, Mat 22).
How much of the money which councils receive in council taxes was intended for the public, and how much for the pockets of councillors?
CT Riley, Spennymoor, Co Durham.
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