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Council tax is set to rise by nearly 10% in Bradford after the government approved a request from the local authority. The Labour-run council had submitted a bid to increase bills by almost 15% in ...
A cash-strapped local authority is proposing to increase council tax by up to almost 15% from April. Bradford Council, which kicked off its year as UK City of Culture on Friday, said more ...
The county council was abolished in 1986, with Bradford taking on the county council's former functions in the area. [ 11 ] In March 2006, the UK's Audit Commission issued a report "in the public interest" regarding concerns about the procurement process for the acquisition of an asset management system.
Council Tax is a local taxation system used in England, Scotland and Wales. It is a tax on domestic property, which was introduced in 1993 by the Local Government Finance Act 1992, replacing the short-lived Community Charge (also known as "poll tax"), which in turn replaced the domestic rates.
Prior to the election the council had been under Labour majority control since the 2014 council election. Of the 30 seats contested in the previous election in 2023 , Labour won 22 on 47.0% of the vote, the Conservatives won four seats on 24.0% of the vote, the Green Party won three seats on 14.5% of the vote, and the Liberal Democrats won one ...
Council tax is set to rise by nearly 10% in Bradford after the government approved a request from the local authority. The Labour-run council had submitted a bid to increase bills by 14.99% in ...
They claimed the council's focus was too much on Bradford urban area, to the detriment of the smaller centres of Bingley, Ilkley, Keighley, and Shipley, which they said suffered a lack of investment and service cuts as well as council tax hikes. The move for independence was criticised by Bradford City Council.
Pickles was first elected to Bradford Council in 1979, representing the Worth Valley ward. [9] From 1982 to 1984, he chaired that Council's Social Services Committee, and then, from 1984 to 1986, he chaired the Education Committee. [14] Between 1988 and 1990, he served as leader of the Conservative group on the council.