Local councils have intentionally been deprived of income by central government, so they need all they can get from their council tax payers within the limits set.  There must be many people in Ealing who could afford to pay a lot more, but aren't even asked, as the council tax bands only go up to H, despite there being many more expensive properties and plenty of letters of the alphabet available to apply to them! Until fairly recently, Ealing Council had an 'everybody pays something' policy, which meant they repeatedly held council tax down to protect the less well off.  This meant that, after several years, their income to pay for adult and children's social care was well below what it could have been.  Under the present system they increase council tax for the majority who can afford it, but protect those who can't with a simpler and more generous discount scheme.

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Topic	Date Posted	Posted By
Ealing Council Confirms Maximum Allowed Tax Increase	16/02/23 13:58:00	Rosco White
Reply	16/02/23 16:39:00	Gordon Southwell
Re:Reply	16/02/23 17:55:00	N V Brooks
Re:Re:Reply	16/02/23 20:12:00	Simon Hayes
Re:Re:Re:Reply	16/02/23 23:15:00	N V Brooks
Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply	17/02/23 10:21:00	Raymond Havelock
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply	17/02/23 12:07:00	Rosco White
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply	17/02/23 16:57:00	Peter Evans
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply	17/02/23 17:50:00	Rosco White
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply	17/02/23 19:21:00	Raymond Havelock
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply	17/02/23 21:37:00	Peter Yale
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply	18/02/23 21:28:00	Rosco White
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply	18/02/23 23:43:00	Philippa Bond
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply	18/02/23 23:54:00	N V Brooks
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply	19/02/23 08:12:00	Raymond Havelock
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply	19/02/23 20:29:00	Peter Yale
Re:Reply	22/02/23 16:27:00	Philippa Bond
Re:Re:Reply	22/02/23 16:45:00	Philippa Bond

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