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Council tax in Rochdale set to increase by 4.99pc despite leader's freeze plans

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direct to your inboxCouncil tax in Rochdale is set to increase by the maximum 4.99pc from April - despite the council leader declaring his ambition for an across-the-board freeze last year.

Back in July, Coun Allen Brett said he did not want to put bills up as people had already been hit too hard by the pandemic - particularly ‘the working poor’.

Speaking to the Local Democracy Reporting service at the time he said: “My aspiration is to freeze council tax. And when I say ‘freeze council tax, I mean freeze council tax - so no increase next year.”But plans to hike council tax by 4.99% - or 4.77pc once Andy Burnham’s Mayoral precepts are factored in - are set to be signed off by cabinet next week.The proposals would see the general purposes.

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