direct to your inboxStockport residents’ council tax bills are set to rise by 3.5pc as town hall chiefs look to close an £8.7m budget gap.The proposal is expected to be signed off by cabinet members next week before going to full council for final approval later in the month.It means that owners of an average ‘Band D’ property will pay just shy of an extra £60 per year for services provided by the local authority - bringing their annual bill to £2,049.15.The hike is made up of the maximum 2pc uplift in the ‘general’ element of council tax and a further 1.5pc rise in the ring-fenced adult social care precept.That could increase further still if Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham’s plan to put up the policing precept by £10 (a rise of.
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