Council tax bills will go up across Liverpool to the maximum amount of Five percent after being signed off by the city council.
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00:00Every element in a Merseyside council tax bill will be increasing, with every local
00:07authority in our region confirming they'd put up council tax by the maximum of 5%.
00:13Residents will see rates across the board hitting them in the pocket a little more in
00:17the next year.
00:18We've been speaking to residents to get their take on the hike.
00:21The road's still full of potholes, there's rubbish everywhere.
00:25I can't complain about the bins, they're pretty good, there's one thing we can complain
00:31about.
00:32I know why they're doing it, they're under financial pressure and you can see the rationale
00:37behind it and a lot of it's to do with the lack of central government funding.
00:40I mean I've retired from work now, I've worked all my life and I find it very miserable
00:48that you can't have a decent retirement with the bills going up.
00:54It's all very well putting the tax up, but what are we getting for it?
01:00Are we getting the proper services we need?
01:04Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service, Merseyside Police and the Liverpool City Region Combined
01:08Authority will also be asking for additional household contributions over the next financial
01:13year.
01:14Proposals were signed off from Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority to increase the
01:18fee we pay through our council tax to support officers.
01:21The Rotherham and the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority agreed to set the organisation's
01:25annual budget which includes an increase to the mayoral precept for the first time in
01:30seven years.
01:31A rise of £5 a year has been signed off per bandi home, owing to what Mr Rotherham described
01:37as challenging times for local government finances.
01:39For the majority of properties within the city region, the increase will equate to less
01:44than one pence a day.
01:46It's going up and they're already not delivering on what they should be.
01:51Services are underfunded, the state of the roads, but one of the biggest problems is
01:56mental health in the community.
01:58All you've got to do is walk around this city and there's that many people who've just had
02:03breaks from reality.
02:05They don't know where they are, what they are, wandering around, homeless, living in
02:09doorways.
02:11These are the people that these services need to be out here helping, but there's not much
02:15happening.
02:16I mean everything's going up, just the way of the world at the moment, but I think with
02:20council tax you think, well what are we getting for it, are we getting the service that we
02:24would expect to be paying that, there's quite a lot, especially the upper tiers of it.
02:28In February, Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioner Emily Sporrell confirmed the force's annual
02:32terms which include an £18 a week or £9.33 per annum increase in the police precept for
02:40band A property, an additional £14 per annum for band D property.
02:44She said this year's budget is designed to protect police officer and staff numbers and
02:49sustain the visible policing presence we all value so highly.
02:52It'll also help the force to continue its work to prevent and reduce crime and anti-social
02:57behaviour.