County council budget: More charges at park and rides (From The Oxford Times)
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County council budget: More charges at park and rides
10:10am Friday 4th January 2013 in News
By Freddie Whittaker, covering Politics and Kidlington. Call me on 01865 425498
BUDGET proposals by Oxfordshire County Council will introduce 24-hour charges at park and rides.
The plans will also see the county's share of the council tax bill rise by the maximum 1.99 per cent.
The council will also introduce a further £15m of savings in adult social care on top of what had already been planned.
It will cut £0.8m from its children's centres budget but has insisted none of the 44 centres will close.
Comments(10)
Nick Mawer
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11:05am Fri 4 Jan 13
Sandy Wimpole-Smythe
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11:20am Fri 4 Jan 13
Nick Mawer wrote:We all know that fewer councillors does not necessarily equate to less costs. They will come up with a way to 'share' the 15% between them I expect.
They have just agreed to a cut in numbers of councillors, so the answer is yes there are 15% fewer councillors.
EMBOX2
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11:21am Fri 4 Jan 13
Council tax is fast becoming the tax people just cannot afford to pay, and it so unfair (that someone in a pokey 1 bed flat pays the same as someone in a house, in the same band).
Anything that can be done to reduce the council tax bills should be expedited. That probably means reduce the THIRTY FIVE PERCENT of your bill that just goes to pay local govt pensions.
oafie
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11:39am Fri 4 Jan 13
Quentin Walker
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11:39am Fri 4 Jan 13
Christine Hovis
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2:08pm Fri 4 Jan 13
I guess that they'll be retracting all their narky comments about the city council charging for parking now that they need to do the same.
The Government in Westminster is stuffing both our councils. We need to get used to having to pay for things that we used to get for 'free'.
oafie
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3:00pm Fri 4 Jan 13
What is not being scrutinised here is exactly what public monies are being spent, on whom and where....the detail not just overall figures.
Breakdown of these figures is available for what is spent, and makes horrifying reading, the council need to start serious 'housekeeping' and budgeting' with public money and communicate much more to the community on this.
They recently sent over £5000 clearing litter along one Lay By on the A40, yet did not repair their fence, which has resulted now in further accumulation of rubbish/litter/bottl
es of urine and much more....... which they will have to re clear again....why not fix their fence? This may seem an insignificant amount of money, but it is also just one small area they spend public money on.............how much more could they actually save if they were a little more prudent and wiser?
EricTheRed
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4:36pm Fri 4 Jan 13
EMBOX2 wrote:And the Parish councils too.. waste of money
It really is time to axe the district councils now and save tens of millions of pounds.
Council tax is fast becoming the tax people just cannot afford to pay, and it so unfair (that someone in a pokey 1 bed flat pays the same as someone in a house, in the same band).
Anything that can be done to reduce the council tax bills should be expedited. That probably means reduce the THIRTY FIVE PERCENT of your bill that just goes to pay local govt pensions.
xjohnx
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10:55am Sat 5 Jan 13
EricTheRed wrote:England and the English are largely what they are because of our diverse government (including incomers and new citizens)
EMBOX2 wrote:And the Parish councils too.. waste of money
It really is time to axe the district councils now and save tens of millions of pounds.
Council tax is fast becoming the tax people just cannot afford to pay, and it so unfair (that someone in a pokey 1 bed flat pays the same as someone in a house, in the same band).
Anything that can be done to reduce the council tax bills should be expedited. That probably means reduce the THIRTY FIVE PERCENT of your bill that just goes to pay local govt pensions.
Centralising everything will destroy our say in what happens to us and our children for the future.
Don't throw out the baby with the bathwater, its stupid and ignorant!
Sandy Wimpole-Smythe says...
10:20am Fri 4 Jan 13