Further to my mention last week of the 11% cut in the council tax applicable to the Charter Trust for the Mayor of Durham.

The Lib Dem Charter Trustees along with the only Labour councillor to turn up at the budget meeting agreed to reduce the amount paid by a band D household from £4.29 to just £3.80 (That’s all we pay for the whole year! So just over a penny a day.) – an 11.4% reduction, which will still leave over £11,000 in reserves to cater for any contingencies/pressures on the budget. Better for the money to be in peoples pockets regardless of how small the amount, which is why I also support the council keeping the main County Council Council Tax frozen for another year – how many years did we see rises under Labour?