The city’s leader says that a enormous financial shortfall and the levy hike will not conclude redevelopment plans going ahead The domestic of Robin Hood is ready to welcome back international visitors following a £30m refit of the castle that,during the middle ages, played host to its notoriously villainous sheriff. But the East Midlands city will become more infamous over the next fortnight – for levying the highest rate of council tax in England, and sending band D bills up 107,to £2226.
The city’s Labour council leader David Mellen says the rise is needed after a decade of austerity and the government’s failure to bridge a spending shortfall that forced all councils to increase bills by a collective £2bn before the economy is back on its feet.
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Source: theguardian.com