County Council tried to 'tax as little as possible' in budget plans

Nottinghamshire County Council's finance chief says the authority tried to 'tax as little as possible' in its budget plans

Nottinghamshire County Council's finance chief says the authority tried to 'tax as little as possible' in its budget plans as households face a rise of nearly 5%. Ben Bradley, the council's leader, recently revealed budget plans which will see all Nottinghamshire households paying at least £50 a year extra in council tax.

But Councillor Richard Jackson, the Cabinet Member for Finance, responded to this by saying: "What we set out to do is to balance the budget and set the council tax at the necessary rate to fill that gap. We're not going to take more from people than we absolutely need to just because we can and if that's what you're arguing, then that's interesting and I look forward to seeing your alternative budget proposals.

Addressing the results of it, Mr Stevenson said: "The majority of respondents said they wouldn't like reductions to services and most of our respondents would actually rather see an increase in council tax than a reduction in services. It's that difficult act of balancing the requirement of an authority to deliver services and the increased costs of those services."

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