Labour's 'double-whammy' tax hit
Tenants in Vassall ward have been clobbered with a 'double whammy' of tax and rent rises by Labour councillors.
First there was an inflation-busting 7.23% rent rise for council tenants. Now Labour Lambeth will rubber stamp a 4.75% council tax hike - and bills will drop through our letter boxes in early March.
"Both the rent and council tax rises are the maximum allowed by Gordon Brown," says Vassall by-election candidate Stuart Barr. "At the same time tenants face the prospect of wages and benefits increasing by less than half those rates."
The bad news will continue.
"Labour also propose increases for tenants in parking and garage charges," adds Stuart. "In the meantime, Labour councillors have their snouts in the trough and are happy to award themselves massive and undeserved increases in their own take home pay at your expense."
Conservatives will fight to keep council tax and rent increases down - like Tory-run Wandsworth where council tax is half that of Lambeth.
First there was an inflation-busting 7.23% rent rise for council tenants. Now Labour Lambeth will rubber stamp a 4.75% council tax hike - and bills will drop through our letter boxes in early March.
"Both the rent and council tax rises are the maximum allowed by Gordon Brown," says Vassall by-election candidate Stuart Barr. "At the same time tenants face the prospect of wages and benefits increasing by less than half those rates."
The bad news will continue.
"Labour also propose increases for tenants in parking and garage charges," adds Stuart. "In the meantime, Labour councillors have their snouts in the trough and are happy to award themselves massive and undeserved increases in their own take home pay at your expense."
Conservatives will fight to keep council tax and rent increases down - like Tory-run Wandsworth where council tax is half that of Lambeth.
Labels: Allowances, Council tax, Housing, Rent, Stuart Barr, Vassall ward
posted by Cllr John Whelan on Wednesday, February 20, 2008
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