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Increase council tax - finds council survey



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Published Date:
10 September 2008
Most Lancashire residents want an increase in council tax – according to a council survey.
Only 28% of residents said they want a freeze on the tax.

The views come from the latest survey answered by the Life in Lancashire panel, which consists of around 3,300 residents, who regularly respond to a range of council questionnaires.

Set up in 2001 by Lancashire County Council, the group, which costs £22,000-a-year to run, has answered more than 20 surveys based on topics such as road safety, climate change, waste and crime.

But critics have hit out at the scheme as a "meaningless vanity project" which is bypassing elected councillors.

Coun Geoff Driver, the Conservative group leader of Lancashire County Council, said: "Consulting people is never a waste of money but when you are putting it forward for a specific purpose which will have a big influence on our level of spending, I think it's meaningless."

For the full story and more reaction see Wednesday's Lancashire Evening Post



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PAUL123,

preston 10/09/2008 12:43:56
don,t know were the council gets there stats from? given 78% of the public who read this paper are sick to the back teeth of lining the pockets of people like driver.Then to add insult to injury get public services cut year on year.the people of this country need to wake up and smell the coffee because were being taken for a ride by idiot money laundering councils.
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AndrewJM,

Preston City Centre 10/09/2008 12:46:57
What questionnaire?! I've not seen one!!
For goodness sake, £101 pcm - who can afford to live these days?? Ridiculous.
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Tallula,

10/09/2008 13:38:18
The only people who want a tax increase are those whose wages it pays.

I asked to be sent the surveys (I don't work for the council) and have never received notification of any, so I suspect the only people who know about and therefore respond to the surveys are council workers who want an increase in tax to pay for their recession-inducing pay increases.

I know that I can speak for many residents - I will be absolutely furious if the bill increases again, it is already amongst the highest in the country.
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Tallula,

10/09/2008 13:40:33
How is this survey group costing £20k a year?
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David C,

10/09/2008 14:59:01
Yeah sure people want an increase. when was they asked, last night when the BIG BANG news came out.

TV "The world could end tomorrow" Knock knock.
Queationaire "hellooo..would you like a council tax increase."
Property Owner. "Yeah Sure why not, I ain't going to pay it"

I think this is proof that the company that did the survey are talking rubbish and actually sat at there desk and filled them in themselves. Come on wake up.
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barnfarm,

10/09/2008 15:25:46
Very disturbing that a request to see this questionnaire should be ignored.
I can just see those (leading) questions now...
"Would you be willing to pay more council tax if it kept orphaned children from being thrown onto the streets?"
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very concerned,

10/09/2008 16:04:19
lol they prob didnt even ask anyone and just pocketed the 20 grand themselves

like a letter from srbc i recieved today starting with ....as i have been unable to contact you by telephone .....

lol both my home and mobile have an answering machine, both also log every callers number
not once has srbc tried to call me about the matter at hand yet according to their letter they have tried and tried :p
the councils are nothing but lying theives
at least dick turpin wore a mask and didnt try to hide what he was doing
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Ex-Callon,

10/09/2008 16:27:41
You have to admit though...you vote these people in.
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Dave Thorp,

Preston 10/09/2008 16:34:01
Funny that the LEPs survey has the exact opposite result at moment that the council's "survey" has.

Perhaps someone at the council got the votes muddled up
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PAUL123,

preston 10/09/2008 17:13:20
between the lieing council,s and corupt coppers, no wonder this country is on it,s knees and still we allow them to dictate to us. we derserve everthing theese lieing thieving scum throw at us, because, as an old irishman said to me many years ago, talk is cheap and the english are full of it.
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