Blaby District Council's tax is frozen for a third year

“And now the government have washed their hands and stated they are not objecting either.
So welcome to the city LFE, Narborough,and Enderby we will now be known officially as a suburb of Leicester.It will not be long for the rest of you in the countryside now so watch out and see the decimation to the last of what is left of the green belt.Remember they have now agreed to what will probably be a rush hour of 3 to 4 hours as you queue to get into and out of Leicester, wait a minute they, the councils, will build a bus lane!!! That`s all right then. They might get back some of the hundreds of thousands they have wasted on the park and ride which in reality is a car park for the meridian business park.Hang on a minuite wasn`t that called centre 21 originally, again objected by the people affected, ignored by the councils of Blaby and Leicestershire.They the councils don`t give a fig to the people they represent only to their own political agendas and their own careers and a very healthy expense account for quite a majority.”

“Blaby, like most other local authorities, don't provide many services now apart from big ticket items like emptying the bins and planning, so there isn't much fat to cut away at.

Both Blaby and County Hall rely on more house building to bring in more council tax, hence Blaby approving 4250 homes at Lubbesthorpe and the county tories launching their election campaign with the slogan 'going for growth'.”

“The biggest portion of the Council Tax still goes to the County Council whether the charge has been frozen or not.

Blaby like all the other districts are mere tax collectors for County Hall. The £137 Blaby will get is around 10-12% of the total charge. So although it looks good it is only a headline catcher!!”

“This should be seen in conjunction with the cuts to services”

“Obviously a quiet news day at the Mercury, quoting a Blaby District Council website/press release almost verbatum. As much as I loath Blaby councillor's inability to communitcate with their electors, well done them on freezing the council tax this time.

'Councillors at Blaby District Council have agreed to freeze council tax for the third year in a row.

This means people living in a Band D property will pay £137.78 a year for their district council services in 2013/14, equivalent to £2.64 a week. This is the same amount that was charged in 2010/11.

The tax freeze was agreed at a full council meeting on 21 February when the authority also set its budget for the next 12 months from 1 April 2013, which accommodates a reduction in core government funding of £331,000 or 7.4%, as well as significant changes to council tax support.

The budget sets out plans to maintain existing services within the available resources through a combination of service reviews, restructuring finances, the prudent use of reserves, and utilisation of New Homes Bonus grant to support core expenditure requirements.

Council Leader Ernie White said:

"The Council has been able to accommodate cuts in core government funding of just under £2.3m since 2010/11 without any detrimental impact on service delivery and we remain one of the lowest cost district councils in England.

We will continue to invest in services that are valued by people in Blaby district and we are making sure vulnerable people are supported through these tough economic times."”

“Nick, you make a statement that implies generality if not universality in the council's "looking after" their people. Not everyone will benefit from a third year freeze”

“What, like voting for a town the size of market harborough, on green belt land in an already congested area after ignoring the people they are supposed to represent ,thats really looking after "their people" NOT!!!”

“They look after their people, not like Leicester City Council...”