Your Council Tax helps to fund essential services in your area.
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Local services
Council Tax is a general form of local taxation where we all contribute to help fund public services within our local area. It isn’t a charge for each service you might use, and it doesn’t buy you certain things. It’s also not the only source of funding for councils.
Your Council Tax helps to fund:
- schools
- social care for adults and children
- policing and fire services
- roads and local transport services
- hundreds of other essential local services
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Average percentage of council spending on services
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'All other services' includes expenditure on a wide range of other services, such as the environment, planning and economic development, libraries and recreation, roads and transport services.
Your council might spend differently based on local needs.
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