Councillors branded 'clowns' as council tax hike set to affect thousands of families in Coventry
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Coventry people have been hit with a council tax rise of almost 3% from today, Friday April 1, As the cost of living soars nationally. Coventry confidential, a nearby campaigning group, Has accused the council of home buyers and branded councillors bunch of clowns.
Protesters claim Coventry City authorities has spent 2.8 million during the continued bin strike dispute which has caused significant disruption to residents bin collections since January. Coventry Confidential staged a demonstration outside the Council House yesterday (March 30).
normal as clowns, They held a sign still: using up 2.8 million on bin turn up. A poor quality JOKE. More than 500 residents are said to have raised issues of concern over problems over the city including fly tipping, Potholes and the requirements of developers being prioritised over residents.
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Coventry sensitive has accused the council of 2.8 million on the ongoing bin dispute which has seen workers striking since JanuaryCoventry resident Richard Milner branded the council tax rise a joke amid a living costs crisis across the UK. he explained: "Council tax is headed up on April Fools Day. that offer detailed wave in Coventry it a reminder that our Labour Councillors are a bunch of clowns.
"Coventry Councillors are using over 2.8 million of taxpayers money to try to break the bin strike when it would only cost 300k to solve. It a sick joke when council tax is going up in the heart of a cost of living crisis. But seriously isn't the bin strike, There fly tipping and potholes throughout the city.
richard added: "We knocked on thousands of doors and folks we speak to think they aren getting a proper service from the council. Council tax needs to cut not raised. It time for Coventry Councillors to stop failing residents,
A representative for Coventry City Council said: "The Council remains committed to lawfully resolving the ongoing strike action and what we believe are four very good offers remain available in attempt to do this.
"the price tag on the strike so far to the Council is 1.8m, but 1.2m of this is loss of income the strike has caused. The cost of the mitigation measures set up to minimise disruption to our residents is 600,000 are.
"is not any supporting evidence for the rise demanded by Unite and this decision has been verified by both West Midlands Employers and independent arbitrator ACAS in separate, Independent is of interest. Providing extra cash without supporting evidence could lead to equal pay claims of around 8m rising to 30m a [-censured-=https://www.flickr.com/photos/charming-date/7800186804/]charmingdate.com[/-censured-] year, Which Unite has never been prepared to recognise even though other unions have understood it,
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