'Financial Mismanagement' leads to increase in Council Tax - but lowest for over a decade!
Rochdale Council Portfolio Holder for Finance - Councillor William Hobhouse has hailed the lowest Council Tax Rise for over a decade as a 'step in the right direction'. He has also criticised the former Labour / Conservative Coalition for 'financial mismanagement' that was 'one of the reasons for the proposed increase in Council Tax.' This was because they cut £1million from the budget of Adult Care without providing extra services to cover. This led to an overspend of £1million, the very figure that the previous administration cut - meaning that last year's budget was 'unsustainable and a fantasy' that the Liberal Democrat Administration are having to deal with.
