Central Bedfordshire Council collects council tax from local residents which is used to fund services such as refuse collection, libraries, parks and open spaces, children's services and social care.
Council tax is also collected by Central Bedfordshire to fund local town or parish council services and Bedfordshire Police.
This year Central Bedfordshire Council froze its council tax bills and in its budget proposals for next year, it intends to once again avoid any increase in council tax.
This year Central Bedfordshire Council froze its council tax bills and in its budget proposals for next year, it intends to once again avoid any increase in council tax.
On 6 December the Executive agreed the draft budget for 2012/13. The draft budget is now available for comment. A summary of the draft budget is provided in this consultation document (PDF 897KB):
Government funding support for councils is being reduced by 28% over four years. Biggleswade Town Council, at the Finance & General Purposes Committee held on 15th November 2011, (minutes not yet published) were, I understand looking at recommending to the Precept Meeting to be held on 24th January 2012, a 3.99% increase in their element of the Council Tax. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Bob Neill has recently stated that he regarded an increase of more than 3.5% to be excessive. Biggleswade Town Council have over £2 million pounds in reserves and hardly ever spend their budget.
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