Looking to the future despite budget challenges
Bury Council is allocating an extra £400,000 to help the borough’s most vulnerable through the cost of living crisis and show residents that it is on their side during these tough times.
Categories: council tax
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Council Tax discount on empty properties and second homes removed
Discretionary Council Tax discount for empty properties and second homes is to be removed with effect from 1 April 2022.
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Rewarding the lowest paid in a post-Covid budget for recognition, recovery and regeneration
Social care staff who have been at the front line of the coronavirus pandemic are among those to be rewarded by the council’s first post-Covid budget.
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Jail for council tax band con man
A man who tricked thousands of people into believing they could reduce their council tax banding has been sent to prison.
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£17m budget pledge to address the Climate Emergency
Bury Council has announced an ambitious multi-million pound set of proposals to help address the Climate Emergency.
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£16 million Budget boost for Bury’s communities and economy
Regeneration and thriving businesses and communities are at the heart of a £16 million funding boost announced by council leaders.
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Social care our top priority as council sets tax and budget
The needs of vulnerable people who need social care were prioritised by Bury Council when it set its budget and council tax tonight (Wed 21 Feb).
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Financial realities as budget setting looms
The council is giving residents another chance to make comments before it formally sets the next budget and council tax levels on Wednesday 21 February.
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Woman fined for council tax discount fraud
A Radcliffe woman has been prosecuted for falsely claiming £250 in council tax single person’s discount.
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Consultation launched on £32m budget cuts
Council leaders in Bury have launched a public consultation on plans to cut £32 million from services over the next three years (2017-20).
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Man loses house for not paying council tax
Bury Council has taken possession of a property within the borough for non-payment of council tax stretching back a decade.
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Your views wanted on Council Tax Support Scheme
Local people are being asked for their views on proposed changes to Bury’s Council Tax Support Scheme. The proposed changes will see some residents who receive Council Tax Support contributing more to their Council Tax.
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Council Tax rises as another £11.6 million is cut from budgets
Two years of council tax freezes have come to an end as the bill for 2016/17 will rise by a total of 3.8%.
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Council Tax freeze as part of ‘triple lock’ deal for residents
Councillors in Bury agreed tonight (Wednesday 25 February) to freeze the Council Tax for next year as part of a ‘triple lock’ deal for Bury residents.
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Council Tax complaints investigation leads to arrest
Officers from Trading Standards North West Scambusters, assisted by colleagues from Cheshire West and Chester, Bury, and Stockport Trading Standards, and officers from Great Manchester Police yesterday (Monday) executed a search warrant at business premises in Bury.
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Council Tax refund advice
Bury Trading Standards is advising residents to consider carefully phone calls from callers claiming that they can get them into a lower Council Tax band or obtain a refund.
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Call centre extends opening hours to deal with benefit changes
Bury Council has announced that it will be extending the opening hours of its council tax and benefits contact centre to help meet the needs of local people struggling to find time during their busy working day to ask questions about their new council tax bills.
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Council approves budget and council tax for 2013/14
Bury Council has increased its share of the council tax bill by 3.5% for the coming financial year, it was agreed by councillors last night (Wednesday 20 Feb).
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Last big increase in Levy agreed as GMWDA sets the budget for 2013/14
On Friday 8 February, the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority (GMWDA) set a 2013/14 Levy at £166.1 million, an increase of 14.15% on the current year. In 2014/15 the rise will be 2.98%, and from 2015/16 and for the next 20 years will be around 70% of inflation.
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Council Tax Benefit changes begin to hit Bury residents
Around 1,000 residents in Bury will receive a letter this week telling them that their council tax benefit will soon be reduced.
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