Labor has been warned that he should overwhelm a large scale Council of England Or even replace it completely to secure future funding for the struggle of local authorities.
Councils Not enough money To meet the pressures of expenditure, the Housing, Community and Local Government (HCLG) Committee has said.
In a new report, the cross-party group found that there is a “broken link” between the levels of Tax The houses are now being asked to pay and in return the quality of local services they get.
This indicates compulsory services with high cost, such as adult social care and special educational requirements and educating children, as the spilling cost “almost completely” driving.
HCLG Committee Chairman Florence Ashlomi said: “When residents are paying more and more in taxes, but regular, daily services are less and less looking at, such as fixing libraries and pits, there is a risk of trust in local democracy.
,Councils Stuck in a strategy by Central GovernmentLocal authorities have flexibility or lack of control to prepare creative, long-term, preventive solutions that can offer better value-to-wealth. ,
The committee’s report recommends that the government starts the process of “overhaling or replacement”. Council tax“And in the meantime, the local authorities give more control over the levy in their authority.
It also asks the councils to give the power to re -acquire properties within its region, and the property bands define and determine the band rates.
Campaigors have long been called for a nationwide revaluation of properties, still based on property values in 1991 with Council Tax band in England.
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) recently found that Most expensive properties are attracting three times more tax Now, despite being eight times more value, the least is at least valuable, as prices have increased in more rich areas.
In April, nine out of ten councils recorded a maximum possible council tax growth of 4.99 percent, with six to increase local rates. These were Windsor and Medenhead, Newahuham, Bradford, Birmingham, Summerset and Trafford.
A spokesman for HCLG said: “The government is taking decisive action to fix the broken council funding system, so local leaders can distribute important public services that rely on their communities.
“We have already announced more than £ 5 billion new grant funds for local services at the top of £ 69 billion this year to promote council finance, and we will proceed to improve the funding system to create fit for the future.
“The councils will ensure that the councils will get the support they need and the council tax can be raised without a referendum to save the residents from further cost by placing a 5% limit on the amount.”
Department, under the leadership of Deputy Prime Minister Angela RenerDeclared in June Proposal for a new approach for local government money To ensure that it is “needed where it is most needed”.
In a proposal central funds are more available in areas where demand is the largest, which means that these areas will be more capable of bearing less council tax growth.
However, this would mean that low money will be available in areas where local services have not been extended, and residents have not been asked to pay an increase in such standing bills in recent years.
