Putting Council Tax On Ice
The big announcement in George Osborne’s speech today was that the next Conservative government is to freeze council tax for two years. Not as electrifying as last year’s inheritance tax proposal, and harder for a Labour government to steal.
Obsorne said:
The country may not be able to afford upfront tax cuts because borrowing is too high but families facing the squeeze cannot afford tax rises either.
So we’re going to go into partnership with local councils. If they find matching savings in their town hall, we will give them these savings from Whitehall.
The next Conservative Government will freeze your council tax for at least two years.
Every council tax bill of every family in every council that takes part will be frozen.
As a proposal, it’s not the most inspiring. But it is a good solid proposal. Even better, it puts control in the hands of local councils who can decide whether or not they will choose to take part. If they make the wrong choice, they will face the wrath of their electorate when they next get a chance to vote.
It is encouraging public services to save money through doubling that benefit, and ensuring that it passed directly on to the people.
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