No to council tax increase!

Amber Rudd, wants to increase council tax to boost police funding. A £12 increase per household in council tax bills will put further stress on families. Sadly much of the foreign aid is used as a slush fund. Thus, this petition proposes diverting foreign aid funds to the police.

Local councils are responsible for deciding the rate of council tax in their area. However, there is a legal cap on how much they can increase council tax without asking local people to vote on it in a referendum.

The Government has announced that this cap will be increased for 2018-19. You can find out more about this here:

http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN05682

You could start a new petition calling on the Government not to make these changes, if that's what you'd like to happen.