Copeland Budget 2008/2009

Copeland Council's budget and council tax were set today. The Copeland element of Council tax will rise by 3.9% - the government settlement, made at the time when Gordon Brown appeared to be about to call an election was reasonably generous but they also put a large number of constraints on how the council can use the money.

The cumulative impact on local residents and particularly pensioners of successive council tax rises over the past decade has been serious. The effect on council tax of Gordon Brown's policies as Chancellor and Prime Minister will not be remembered as one of his positive accomplishments

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