Councillors have agreed to raise tax at a fractious meeting in which ‘reckless’ Tory amendments were slammed amid ‘Ant and Dec’ and ‘Sheriff of Nottingham’ jibes.
At the Oldham full council annual budget meeting on Wednesday night a majority of members voted to increase council tax by 3.99 per cent from April 1, of which two per cent is specifically ring-fenced to be spent on adult social care.
This will increase a Band A property’s annual bill by £47.65, while for a Band D property the annual tax bill will rise by £71.48, before Mayoral precepts and any parish council element are added on top.
