"It's not an ideal situation. We want low tax, low spend and we were always committed to that. It's just that national pressures that the government is not solving [such as] Send [special educational needs and disabilities] home-school transport. The people understand that taxes do have to go up now. I am dead against increasing taxes and I will do as much as I can to lower that bill and that burden."
"The 19-year-old leader of a Reform-led council has defended proposals for a 3.89% council tax rise, despite senior officers saying anything less than 5% would put the financial viability of the local authority at risk. Financial executives at Warwickshire county council said in December that the proposed increase was a riskier financial strategy that would threaten the medium-term sustainability of the local authority."
A 19-year-old leader of a Reform-led minority government at Warwickshire county council proposed a 3.89% council tax rise while senior officers warned that anything below 5% risks the authority's financial viability. Financial executives said the proposed increase was a riskier strategy threatening medium-term sustainability and that every 1% reduction from the maximum requires about £4.2m of additional cuts. At least four of the 10 councils controlled by the party initially proposed 5% rises. The leader cited national cost pressures such as SEND home-school transport, pledged to limit tax increases, and said savings might come from AI and transformation.
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