Council tax increase lowest for over a decade

Council tax increase: Budget Council meeting will take place this Wednesday

Council tax in Rochdale is set to increase by 3.7% - which is the lowest increase for over a decade.

This is a smaller increase than last year 3.8%, and Rochdale Borough Council predicts this increase could be 3.6% by 2010/11.

A budget council meeting is to take this Wednesday (25 February) at 6.15pm, when details of the forthcoming budget strategies will be unveiled.

Plans were previously made to axe £400,000 from the township devolved funding for Rochdale, Heywood, Middleton and Pennines, but objections lead to a u-turn by finance portfolio holder Councillor Greg Couzens and the plan was abandoned.

The agenda for Wednesday’s Budget Meeting is available on Rochdale Borough Council’s website:

www.rochdale.gov.uk/pdf/2009-02-25_Agenda_Budget_Council_v1.pdf

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