Tameside council agrees budget plans that will see residents' tax bills rise by at least £50 and recycling collections reduced

Citizens Advice Scotland (CAS) is encouraging people to check if they could reduce their Council Tax bill this month after new figures revealed its network delivered £2.3 million in savings over the last 12 months.Research by Citizens Advice Scotland shows that people who used its services saved an average of £393 on their Council Tax bill.Analysis released earlier this year revealed that 2,257 people approached the Citizens Advice network for help with a complex debt issue involving Council

Kate Forbes revealed today she had struck an agreement with Green MSPs - meaning her Budget bill will pass when it goes to a vote on Tuesday.The Budget offers an £800 pay rise for public sector workers earning up to £25,000, and a two per cent increase for those earning over £25,000 up to £40,000.It will also provide pandemic support payments of £130 to households receiving Council Tax Reduction and two payments of £100 to families of children qualifying for free school meals.Free bus travel

direct to your inboxEvery local authority in Greater Manchester is preparing to raise council tax bills from April to keep services running despite the financial impact of Covid-19.The budgets of town halls across the city-region have been hit hard by the pandemic, with some councils having to plug huge gaps in their finances.While the government has paid out millions of pounds in emergency funding to councils, their leaders say the money does not go far enough.The government has also allowed

click on this link, enter your email address, and select 'MyWigan News'.He also announced a pledge to plant a tree for every citizen of the borough who has died due to Covid, adding to the 70,000 which were planted this year.Councillors were told £600,000 would be put towards the Our Town fund to 'revitalise' town centres across the borough, with further funding possible.But opposition councillors called for more money to be spent on smaller towns complaining the bulk of the regeneration budget

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Sisters Ellie and Izzi Warner could top the Gogglebox rich list by posting sponsored Instagram posts.The hilarious duo, who have been starring on the popular show since 2015, could be making a whopping £1,137.64 per post on the social media platform, according to new research by upUgo.The company looked into the sisters' Instagram follower counts to estimate how much they could be making.

councillors vote to approve the changes, together with a 1.5 per cent rise in rent for council housing tenants. It will be only the second time in the last decade that the local authority raises the general tax rate within the bill, with an increase of 0.99 per cent proposed.

direct to your inboxPlans to create a new ‘communal’ retirement complex in Mossley which would see the demolition of a ‘dilapidated’ warehouse are dividing residents.A developer has applied to Tameside council to create a block of 31 one-bedroom apartments for the over 55s on land off Nield Street and Smith Street.Since being validated on February 4, there have been 21 comments on the proposals, with 17 objections, one ‘neutral comment’ and three people writing in support.According to the