FatCat
Well-known member
I can’t remember whether I did or just meant to post on this subject before and forgot.
anyway as I see the north has now been hit with a precept to find more police officers.
precepts get added to council tax but are a separate line item.
I have my normal council tax, then a Greater London charge and then a precept for elderly care provision. I think the other two are a couple of hundred quid each per year.
where does this stop ? Or who can choose to add a precept to the council tax, does anybody know? I looked inline and found the following:
The term “precept” is derived from the Latin præcipe which means command and when it is used in the context of local finance it represents a legally binding instruction to collect a stipulated sum of council tax. Precepting authorities are those entitled to instruct billing authorities to collect council taxfor them.
here is the gazette article also:
www.gazettelive.co.uk
anyway as I see the north has now been hit with a precept to find more police officers.
precepts get added to council tax but are a separate line item.
I have my normal council tax, then a Greater London charge and then a precept for elderly care provision. I think the other two are a couple of hundred quid each per year.
where does this stop ? Or who can choose to add a precept to the council tax, does anybody know? I looked inline and found the following:
The term “precept” is derived from the Latin præcipe which means command and when it is used in the context of local finance it represents a legally binding instruction to collect a stipulated sum of council tax. Precepting authorities are those entitled to instruct billing authorities to collect council taxfor them.
here is the gazette article also:
Cleveland Police - Latest news updates, pictures, video, reaction - Teesside Live
The Cleveland Police area covers approximately 230 square miles and has a population of around 560,000 people. The force was formed in 1974 as the successor to the Teesside Constabulary and the York and North East Yorkshire Police. It also took over part of Durham Constabulary. The force area is...
www.gazettelive.co.uk
