Hythe Council Tax Up FIFTEEN Percent!

12.00.00am GMT Sun 20th Jan 2008

Conservative Hythe Town Council have voted in the last few weeks to increase their proportion of the total Council tax bill for local residents by a whopping 15%.

Their budget also slashes support for the popular Hythe Festival from £5,000 to a measly £1,000.

In Folkestone, the Liberal Democrat Town Council there have just announced that they will have a ZERO tax increase this year. This follows a ZERO rise last year as well. In 2005 when the Lib Dems ran Hythe Town Council, they set a ZERO rise in Hythe as well.

Ex-Mayor of Hythe Neil Matthews says:

"This rise is outrageous. This year Conservative Hythe Town Council will slam council tax payers with a 15% increase, and then Shepway Council will take another £35 Garden Tax from those using the brown-top bin service."