Part of our manifesto pledge in June was to improve services in key areas while keeping tax as low as possible for the residents of Staffordshire. For this reason my Cabinet colleagues and I proposed a 1.9 per cent increase for this year’s council tax.
This is a below inflation increase and is the lowest increase for Staffordshire residents since council tax was introduced in 1993.
Im pleased to announce that his recommendation was supported today in Cabinet. Take a look at our latest news report.
Full Council will be asked to approve a final budget on Thursday February 11. Why not tune in to the webcast to see if our recommendation is rubber stamped in Full Council.