00:00This evening, we have announced that we're going to take the unprecedented and difficult decision to put up your council
00:07tax by a record amount.
00:08For the average bandee home, you'll be asked to pay an extra £958 from April 2027.
00:16We're doing it now, and not as is normally the case in early Feb, so that local people have the
00:22maximum amount of time to adjust.
00:23This isn't a decision that I, as leader of the council, ever wanted us to have to make.
00:28We're doing it because of savage cuts from central government and a dramatic reduction in the level of reserves that
00:34we inherited following the recent May elections.
00:36Without a rethink from government, your council tax bill will go up.
00:40So please play your part in helping ones of the council fight for a better deal.
00:45Take the survey and show government just what you think of them removing our funding.
00:51It's the equivalent of what we spend each year on our parks, libraries, leisure centres and bin collections, street cleaning.
00:59We can't do it alone. We really do need your support.
01:02So please do fill in the survey.
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