Cannock Chase Council approves 1.95 per cent tax rise
A 1.95 per cent increase in the tax paid by Cannock Chase residents to the district council has been rubber-stamped.
Cannock Chase Council formally set the rate of council tax for the district at a full meeting on Wednesday. The 1.95 per cent rise in district council tax is equivalent to an increase of around 7p per week.
But the district council tax is just one element of the bill paid by Cannock Chase residents, the authority’s leader Councillor George Adamson told fellow members at Wednesday’s meeting.
He said: “This council receives 13p in the pound – 72 per cent of council tax goes to Staffordshire County Council, 11 per cent goes to the police and the fire service gets four per cent.
“An increase of 1.95 per cent is one of the lowest in Staffordshire and is the lowest in south Staffordshire. At the same time we are not cutting services.”
The 1.95 per cent council tax rise proposed by Cannock Chase Council’s ruling group means residents in Band D households will pay £217.09 for services provided by the district authority during 2019/20.
By Kerry Ashdown, Local Democracy Reporter
