I Pay More Tax Than The PM

This plea is from a pensioner complaining about the level of Council Tax in Kingston. (the article is from the Surrey Comet and I have a link below to the website) He is right it is disgraceful. If he had lived in Conservative controlled Richmond or Wandsworth his RBK Council tax would have been frozen! He would also have paid less land fill tax because Richmond recycle more and they are increasing recycling. Kingston is now paying the equivalent of£25 per house in fines to the Government because our recycling rate is falling.

The Lib Dems say they do not get enough money from the Government - but they got more than Richmond! I have no disagreement with trying to get more Government grant. For the past ten years and more Kingston Council has always said we do not get enough grant and we have always campaigned for more grant. Yet we do not get any more because this Government feels it is right to move money out of Kingston and spend it in other areas - in any case they can ignore a Lib Dem Council.

The way to change that is to change the Government and I hope people are beginning to learn that voting Lib Dem changes nothing because they do nothing and merely keep Labour in.

The real shame for this elderly gentleman is that he has been utterly let down by a Lib Dem Council who rather than try and do something about the level of Council tax have spent more and more money on silly schemes and more staff.

The Government may well be at fault but the Lib Dem Council was elected to do something about it and all they do is whinge.

My neighbours have been up in arms because for the first time ever their Band F houses have now gone over £2,000. They too might blame the Government but if the Council is not prepared to take its share of the responsibility then is it any wonder that so few people will turn out and vote in the local elections in May?

We have Council elections in May and if this gentleman, and anyone else in Kingston, wants a Council that will make a real change then whatever you do vote against the Lib Dems.

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