How will you be affected by council tax going up? Do you agree/disagree with rises and why?
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00:00 Council tax going up, not a good idea obviously, because the services have gone down, yet the taxes are going higher.
00:09 They're now saying about a refuse collection every fortnight maybe.
00:13 Things like this, the services have gone down and the tax, and with everybody really feeling the pinch at the moment, it's a hard one.
00:20 Not maybe the best time to increase any more taxes.
00:24 We're seeing that a lot of people who are relying on government support are the most affected, and unfortunately not a lot is being done to reflect change.
00:35 But I think that it's not a positive thing, it's a negative thing, because for example in Birmingham it's like we're having issues with rubbish collection.
00:45 And in terms of council tax and things, this funding is supposed to be going through two particular areas.
00:52 We're not seeing that reflected. I mean the other day with my mum, her bins weren't collected.
00:57 And as someone who pays council tax, that upsets her.