Plans to increase council tax by five per cent in Nottingham would 'hit a lot of people', local residents have said. The city council is planning to raise council tax by the maximum amount allowed next year due to a funding gap of more than £30 million.
This would see an increase of 4.99 per cent for the next two years, starting in April 2023. The authority, which is also cutting 110 full time equivalent jobs, said it had faced some "difficult decisions".
Sheila Burden, a pensioner from Sneinton, said she was already struggling due to rising energy and food prices. The 75-year-old said of the tax hike: "They give with on hand and take away with the other, as always. We've got used to council tax going up every year but it's going to hit a lot of people this particular year. When there's so much poverty about.
