At the moment, local authorities are only permitted to increase bills by three percent for day-to-day services, such as bin collections, libraries and road repairs, plus a two percent adult social care precept, without holding a local referendum. However council tax could rise by 15% under new city hall proposals.
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00:00We should be getting better service for what we do pay. I don't think it doesn't feel like
00:05it's value for money at the minute.
00:08At the moment local authorities are only permitted to increase bills by 3% for day-to-day services
00:14such as bin collections, libraries and road repairs, plus 2% adult social care, without
00:22holding a local referendum.
00:24However, local councils could rise by 50% under the new city hall proposals.
00:29Let's find out what locals think.
00:34To be honest, I think it would potentially mean moving somewhere cheaper in that respect.
00:40I think we're on band B, so probably looking for somewhere that was band A, right, or yeah,
00:47I think that would probably be the upshot to be honest.
00:50Obviously not good. It feels that we're paying quite a bit already and services are reducing.
00:57It feels like, you know, the top of the bins and just even roads and everything else.
01:06The government has not yet announced the maximum increases for both in 2025 and 2026, so the
01:12local authority has included much bigger options to see what the householders are willing to pay.
01:18Um, well, I mean, I guess it's sort of expected, but it doesn't make it any better.
01:27I mean, in a student house we don't pay council tax, so it doesn't affect me, but it will
01:33next year, so, um, yeah, I can see why some people might not be especially pleased with that, yeah.
01:45So I'm fairly new to Bristol. I only moved in February, but, um, and I moved from Brighton
01:50and I do think that you get a lot more value for your council tax here actually.
01:54Um, yeah, I would agree with that, yeah.