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Mayor defends council tax hike to cover care worker pay rise
23.02.2022 - 10:43 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Salford's mayor has defended a full council tax increase - which will be needed to pay all care workers the Real Living Wage - saying 'it's the right thing to do'.
Paul Dennett has proposed a council tax increase of 4 pc to guarantee all 4,000 care workers in the city are paid at least £9.90 an hour from April 1.
The council tax hike is made up of a 1.99 pc increase to the general levy and a 2 pc increase to the adult social care precept – the maximum increase allowed.
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It comes after two council tax hikes were approved by Greater Manchester's leaders in the last few weeks, costing Band D households a further £22 a year.
If approved, Salford residents will be hit by one of the highest council tax increases in Greater Manchester – but the mayor has defended the move.
He said: "I don't want to increase the council tax.
"If we could do everything we need to do, which includes paying our care workers the real living wage, dealing with the budget pressures, increasing some investment into skills and work to get people into employment – if we could do that without increasing the council tax then we absolutely would be."
"The reality is we can't do all of this without increasing the council tax."
The Labour mayor said local authorities have effectively been 'forced' by central government to raise council tax which most town halls are doing.
He said that the government expects all local authorities to increase the general levy by 1.99 pc and the adult social care precept by at least 1 pc.
However, because Salford council did not raise the adult social care precept by the full amount this financial year, the town hall can raise it by 2 pc next year.
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