Reigate & Banstead Borough Council has approved the details of its new Council Tax Support Scheme, which will replace council tax benefit when it is abolished by the Government next April. Recent legislation means that it is now the responsibility of the Council to decide who is eligible for reductions in their bills, and at […]
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In the first ten weeks of the council’s new recycling and refuse service residents have proved that they are rethinking their rubbish and recycling more than ever before. Increasing amounts of rubbish are being diverted from landfill, landfill tax savings are being made and more materials are being recycled as residents embrace the new service. […]
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As described in our August article the Council Tax Benefit regime is being abolished, to be replaced by a new, locally designed Council Tax Support scheme. The Council’s consultation on the proposed new scheme, which ran from August to October, has now closed and has received a significant response of nearly 1,500 replies. The Council is […]
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The new recycling service was introduced last Monday (23rd July) for homes in Horley, and over the course of the next 8 weeks it will be introduced in stages across the rest of the Borough. Homes in Redhill, which have collections on Thursdays and Fridays, will start on the new service on 6th September (Thursday […]
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Responding to the announcement that the administrators of failed Icelandic bank Glitnir have transferred £180 million to local authority bank accounts, Council Leader, Cllr Mrs Joan Spiers, said: “We are absolutely delighted that a further £5.4 million of our investment in Icelandic banks has just been returned to us. This is great news for our […]
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Solar panels are to be installed on Surrey County Council buildings in a move that is set to save taxpayers £2 million. The council will place solar panels on the roofs of up to 25 buildings it owns across Surrey. Savings from smaller electricity bills and income from selling spare electricity to the National Grid […]
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Reigate & Banstead Borough Council has provided an update on its energy efficiency work, which is also adding significantly to its cost saving efforts (and hence reduced pressure on Council Tax). The main areas of savings, most of which can be followed by residents, are as follows: LED lighting We are one of the first […]
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Officials from both the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury visited County Hall last week to learn more about the County Council’s innovative money-saving programme of Public Value Reviews (PVRs). The PVR programme, which has so far pinpointed cumulative savings of around £82m over four years with an on-going reduction in the council’s budget of £29m, […]
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Reigate & Banstead Borough Council’s share of the annual council tax bill will be frozen at last year’s rate, after the Council agreed to no increase for a second year on Thursday 10 February 2011. This means that Reigate & Banstead Borough Council’s share of the council tax bill for 2011/2012 will remain at £193.83, […]
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Newly released Government figures have revealed the extent of Surrey’s funding shortfall from central government, and show that Reigate & Banstead receives the fourth lowest grant per person out of the 325 councils in England, with each resident here receiving just a sixth of the amount of grant received by each resident in areas at the top […]
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