The amount we all pay for police and fire services across Mersyeside is likely to increase from April.
Like councils across the region, Merseyside Police and Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service are going through their own budget setting process ahead of the new financial year. As council tax bills are anticipated to go up in Liverpool, Knowlsey, Sefton and Wirral, meaning paying more for local authority services, it is expected payments for police and fire services will go up as well.
Reports released by the Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority (MFRA) - which oversees the service - and Emily Spurrell, Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), have indicated they will recommend an increase in the annual precept, the amount we all pay towards it, for the next financial year beginning in April. The MFRA document said it could raise almost £2m by increasing the amount contributed by ratepayers by 6%.
