Cllr Gareth Molineux, Cabinet Member for Resources, responded by saying, "We are halfway through the financial year and it would be stupid to take any figures as guaranteed final sums so early. Cllr Britcliffe should be well aware of this but seems to be demonstrating his lack of understanding our finances yet again."
Cabinet Member for Education, Leisure and The Arts, Cllr Ken Moss, also rebuffed the accusation. He said, "A cursory look at the Council tax increases since 1999 shows that Cllr Britcliffe increased Council tax by considerable amounts nearly every year that he was in power. Labour haven't raised HBC Council tax since 2011 and still managed to deal with the cuts imposed on us by the Conservative coalition government, plus put a bit aside to deal with the £12.9m of debts you left us with in 2011. If we are overcharging, what on Earth were you doing during your decade in control?"
The table below shows the HBC portion of Council tax since 1999 when Cllr Britcliffe became Leader of the Council. The percentage figures in red show years when Labour have been in control in Hyndburn:
| BAND D COUNCIL TAX | |||||||
YEAR HBC INCREASE TOTAL
1999/00 £151.53 6.9% £939.87
2000/01 £151.51 0.0% £982.46
2001/02 £163.41 7.8% £1,026.56
2002/03 £167.88 2.7% £1,098.32
2003/04 £174.42 3.9% £1,199.61
2004/05 £181.22 3.9% £1,258.67
2005/06 £190.28 5.0% £1,300.39
2006/07 £199.70 5.0% £1,364.35
2007/08 £209.29 4.8% £1,438.88
2008/09 £219.65 5.0% £1,492.83
2009/10 £230.52 5.0% £1,543.31
2010/11 £230.52 0.0% £1,548.74
2011/12 £230.52 0.0% £1,548.74
2012/13 £230.52 0.0% £1,552.40
2013/14 £230.52 0.0% £1,533.22
2014/15 £230.52 0.0% £1,557.87
A financial report is produced for each monthly Cabinet meeting and the latest one can be read here:
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