| Comment | I don't think it's that out of keeping with other UK cities, and generally city council areas have much higher tax than rural areas. But one issue is that the proportion of people on benefits is higher than the UK average, so there are fewer people living in the city who pay full council tax than might be expected, so effectively rates need to be higher to get the same income per resident.
There's also the fact that property bandings and valuations are massively out of date, so it depends also where in the city you live. |
|---|