Greenwich’s poorest residents will need to have less than £2,000 in savings if they want help paying their council tax bills, according to a policy outlined this week. The Labour-run council voted earlier this year to remove an exemption from the charge that had been in place since 2020 to save £1.1 million each year. […]
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Greenwich backs 4.99% council tax hike – with poorest made to pay too
Greenwich councillors have signed off a 4.99% council tax hike – with thousands of the poorest residents losing their exemption from the charges. Councillors voted through the new budget on Wednesday night, which together with the increase in the London mayor’s precept, means Band D bills in Greenwich will break the £2,000 mark for the […]
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Poorest Greenwich residents set to lose their council tax exemption
Thousands of Greenwich borough’s poorest residents are set to lose their exemption from council tax bills as part of the council’s £33 million programme of cuts. Since 2020, about 15,000 working-age residents on low incomes have been given a 100 per cent discount on their council tax. Before that a maximum of 85 per cent […]
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Greenwich Council plans 5% council tax hike as Khan adds £30 to bills
Greenwich Council is planning to raise council tax by five per cent to make up for falls in government funding, it has announced in a consultation with residents. Homes that have been empty for more than 10 years will face a 300% surcharge as the town hall tries to increase revenue and bring housing back […]
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Greenwich Council tax set to go up by 3.99% in April
Council tax in Greenwich borough is set to rise by almost four per cent from April under new budget plans outlined today. Bills will be hiked 3.99%, including a 2% increase to cover spiralling social care costs as the government places more of the burden for this on council tax payers. A band D bill […]
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Leaders squabble as Greenwich Council backs 2.99% tax rise
Greenwich Council raised its council tax by 2.99% last night – but the meeting descended into a bad-tempered spat after council leader Danny Thorpe accused Tory leader Matt Hartley wanting “to set up a little army of bailiffs” to target poorer residents. Overall bills will go up by 4.2% after London mayor Sadiq Khan increased […]
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Greenwich Council tax set for 2.99% hike to deal with Universal Credit and knife crime
Council tax in Greenwich is to be hiked up as the authority looks to establish a new anti-knife crime unit, deal with the impact of Universal Credit and balance stretched budgets. Greenwich Council’s financial plans have been published ahead of a formal sign-off at a meeting next week. According to the draft budget, council tax […]
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Tories take aim at Greenwich Info and mayoral ceremony as councillors back tax rise
Greenwich councillors voted through a total council tax rise of nearly 6% on Wednesday night – rejecting proposals to scrap its fortnightly Greenwich Info paper, cut back on the mayor’s inauguration ceremony and introduce free bulky waste collections. Councillors backed a rise of 2.99%, along with an additional increase of 3% approved last year to […]
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