Letters.
I FIND it inconceivable that Bolton Council is considering a blanket four per cent increase in council tax across the board, not only for 2017 but possibly for the next four years. That relates to a 17 per cent rise over four years when inflation is almost zero and interest rates are at ground zero.
Clifford Morris refuses to discuss the council's plans which is a travesty of transparency.
The biggest question is why a retired couple living in a four-bedroomed house should pay the same as the family of seven next door is just ridiculous.
We are means tested on everything else so why not the council tax?
Tony Hutchinson
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