The annual mockery by the Medway Conservatives on the hard-pressed tax payer of Medway has come once again.
The BBC tonight revealed that Medway Council is in arrears by some £4m. This is now the tenth year running that the Tories have run up a massive account deficit on the Council Tax.
The annual tax receipt for Medway is £96.9m in 2010/11. This figure represents 3.5-4.0% of the total tax take.
Over the same period Gravesham Council reduced its Council tax deficit from £2.0m to £1.3m. It is clear that Gravesham has a grip whilst Medway is simply failing to act.
The scale of this deficit makes a mockery out of the Tories tax position. How can the Tories claim to the friend of the tax-payer when they squander so much on poor schemes and fail to collect tax from thousands of residents. It is a total slap in the face.
£4m could be significant in mitigating cuts to front line services. The Conservatives have had a decade to get this under control but have failed.
Many feel that Tory tax increases are regressive and unfair. The VAT increase when fuel prices are at an all time high represent a slap in the face to the hardpressed tax payer of Medway.
Why should any of us pay Council Tax if the Conservatives can not be bothered to claim the money owed?
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