My question concerns the council's recent increase in the Council Tax.
What is happening to the vast amount of extra money that is being taken from new occupiers of all the new homes being built in Swindon?
I am a bus driver and during my daily travels around Swindon, I see literally hundreds of new homes being built in the town.
They tried to say the extra revenue paid for the extra services that the new estates used. Baloney! Most of the homes are in areas where they already exist. Based on my observations they should be more inclined to be reduced rather than increased.
Question Two. I would like to know where Mr M J Warner gets his figures from because my wife worked out that we are paying an extra 8.02 per cent on our bill. This is based on figures from the council tax office.
Bryan REED
Kemerton Walk
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