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Maximum council tax rise 'not necessary', Conservatives claim
Leicester Mercury
|February 25, 2026
ALTERNATIVE TO 4.99% INCREASE PROPOSED BY THE OPPOSITION
COUNCIL leaders have been accused of preparing to put up tax more than necessary.
The Labour-run city council wants to raise council tax by 4.99 per cent, the maximum allowed without a referendum.
However, opposition councillors said an increase of this size is not necessary and have drawn up plans to find the money elsewhere.
The Leicester Conservative group will present its alternative budget at the full council meeting tonight.
Opposition group leader Councillor Hemant Rae Bhatia said: “Labour have once again chosen the maximum council tax rise, year after year, while residents deal with flytipping, flooding and parking problems.
यह कहानी Leicester Mercury के February 25, 2026 संस्करण से ली गई है।
हजारों चुनिंदा प्रीमियम कहानियों और 10,000 से अधिक पत्रिकाओं और समाचार पत्रों तक पहुंचने के लिए मैगज़्टर गोल्ड की सदस्यता लें।
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