Belfast residents and businesses are facing the city's biggest raise in council tax next year
The Chief Executive of Belfast City Council has said a proposal to freeze rates for the city tax payers is “not competent.”
“The council also recognises the crisis we face and will demand a heightened and increased response from local government. “The cost-of-living crisis is a crisis of a similar magnitude and will require additional support to be provided to local Councils, to ensure they are adequately equipped to help mitigate the impact of this crisis on communities.
It adds: “As a first step toward avoiding this, the council will write to Stormont Ministers, the Secretary of State, and the Treasury, urging them to support a financial package of additional funding to be allocated to local councils to help them manage the cost of living crisis. The City Solicitor Nora Largey told the committee: “Officers' views regarding the competency of this motion have required some consideration. The Chief Executive has advised in his view the motion is incompetent in respect of any commitment to support striking a zero rate.
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