Just got our council tax bill like everyone else today. Good to see that for the third year running the grant from government to keep the council’s part of the council tax. So with the Lib Dems in government three years of County Council council tax freeze! After a doubling under Labour that’s not bad.

Plus parish council rates in the Fram Division either frozen or down, thanks to Lib Dem involvement working with other groups across the area.

Plus an 11% cut in the cost of the Mayor of Durham thanks to Lib Dem work.

and a freeze for the police precept too. So only the fire brigade have increased the rate.