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Council Tax Benefit was a means-tested rebate that potentially rebated 100% of a claimant's Council Tax bill. The rebate would be reduced by a fifth of any qualifying income above a certain level; benefits did not qualify for this calculation, but most other income did. In effect, Council Tax Benefit was a rebate for people with low incomes.
The boroughs of Gateshead, South Shields and Sunderland were considered large enough to provide their own county-level services and so they were made county boroughs, independent from Durham County Council. The county council was elected by and provided services to the rest of the county, which area was termed the administrative county. [6]
The new council formally came into its powers on 1 April 1965, at which point the old boroughs and their councils were abolished. [9] [10] In 1966 the city was granted the dignity of having a lord mayor. [11] The council's full legal name is "The Lord Mayor and Citizens of the City of Westminster", but it is generally known as Westminster City ...
Durham County passed a $889.5 million that will push residents’ tax bills up 4%, largely to boost pay for county employees and public school employees. The Board of Commissioners passed the ...
Jan. 10: The council will hold a second meeting to listen to residents’ thoughts on the finalists. Jan. 16: The council will vote. Feb. 2: If there is a stalemate, a special election is triggered.
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The sales tax has brought in $81.5 million since it first passed in 2016. Money from the tax makes up roughly a quarter of the city's operating budget. As financial collapse looms, Westminster ...
Sherburn, or Sherburn Village, is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. It is 4 miles east of Durham. The village is located in the Sherburn division of Durham County Council and the City of Durham constituency for Westminster elections. The population of this division taken at the 2011 census was 9,108. [2]