A £15 council tax increase to help fund Greater Manchester Police has been approved despite only around 12 pc supporting it, according to a survey. The police precept will rise by 6.57 pc for everyone in the city-region from April.
This works out as £10 more a year for Band A households, which accounts for the largest portion of properties in Greater Manchester. The £15 increase for Band D homes - the maximum allowed by the government - was proposed by mayor Andy Burnham and approved by councillors on Thursday (January 26).
It comes after fewer than one in eight of the 417 people who took part in a public consultation this month supported the proposal. More than 60 pc of those who responded to the survey said they did not support any increase.
