The Local Government Finance Settlement was announced shortly before Christmas, setting out how much money each local authority will receive over the next two years. Reigate & Banstead Borough Council will see a reduction in our grant of 16.4% in 2011/12 and a further 8.9% in 2012/13. The news of a cut in funding presents […]
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Local taxpayers are being given the opportunity to make multi-million pound decisions on how Surrey County Council spends its money – in the form of an online budget calculator. The council has launched the YouChoose online programme to allow residents to have their say on the future shape of the services it provides and offer […]
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The Borough Council will next week consider a proposal to invest in two major solar energy schemes at two of its sites, generating significant financial savings for the Council tax account and reducing its carbon emissions. The photovoltaic (PV) cells, if approved, would be installed on the roof of the Council’s depot at Earlswood and […]
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Reigate & Banstead Borough Council has published its financial data online for the first time, allowing people to analyse its spending into categories and see the suppliers used by the Council. The analysis is provided by Spotlight on Spend, which also allows comparisons to be made with other councils signed up to the scheme, such […]
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Redhill residents are being urged to be on their guard after Tandridge District Council warned its residents about a council tax scam, after one of its residents was called by someone claiming to be from the Council Tax team and asking for their bank account details. The caller told the resident they were entitled to […]
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As part of Reigate & Banstead Borough Council’s commitment to reduce energy consumption, new low emission energy saving lights are being installed at Clarendon Road car park this week. Contractors will replace the old fluorescent lighting tubes with new energy saving, efficient lights, which will also give out a whiter, brighter light than the old […]
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At the full meeting of the Reigate & Banstead Borough Council yesterday evening (11th February), two significant proposals were approved: A freeze in the local share of council tax for the coming year (for more details see this article). When combined with a 2.5% increase in Surrey County Council’s share of the council tax, and […]
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Local Councillors have responded to the local government unions’ protest at the proposal to freeze council workers’ pay nationally for the coming year. In a letter to councillors (available at the following link: Unite-GMB-UNISON letter to councillors) the national leadership of the three main unions protest at the nationwide proposal by councils to freeze pay for […]
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Reigate & Banstead Borough Council’s share of the annual council tax bill is set to be frozen at last year’s rate, after the Council’s Executive recommended no increase. If the move is agreed by the Full Council on 11 February (2010) it would be first time in the Council’s history there has been no rise, and […]
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