Tomorrow (19/02/20), Folkestone & Hythe District Council will set its Council tax rate for 2020/21. It will come as no surprise to many of you that Council tax will rise. It will rise by around £74 on a Band D property. One can see the breakdown below.
As you may or may not know, Folkestone & Hythe District Council has had the highest Council Tax rate in the whole of Kent for the last sixteen years, according to data released by the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Even when full Council vote on setting the Council Tax rate, our Council – Folkestone & Hythe District Council – will continue to have the highest Council Tax in Kent.
2004/05 to 2011/12
2012/13 to 2019/20
Council Tax will rise by £74 on a Band D property (see page 10). This will take a band D council tax rate in the Folkestone & Hythe District Council area to £1,967.25. This will mean that our Council will have had the highest Council Tax in Kent for the seventeenth year in a row.
It is hard to believe that when Council Tax was introduced in 1993, it was promised to be a system that would be ‘simple’, ‘fair’ and one that would ‘protect the unemployed and those on low incomes from court action’
With a £74 increase on a Band D property, how many more working families who are just about managing, will be pushed into the hands of the Bailiffs in 2020/21?
If you are having issues with your Council Tax then we advise you contact the Council as soon as possible as there are a number of discounts available⇒here
