AN INFLATION-busting 10.7 per cent rise will be put on council tax demands made by Hambleton District Council.
Councillors agreed the rise yesterday.
It will mean a £6 increase in the council's section of the tax for an average Band D property, taking that part of the bill up to £62.
When added to precepts from North Yorkshire County Council, the Police Authority and parish councils, it will mean the average tax payer will be charged £1,055.32 a year - an increase of £210.39.
The largest rise comes in the police precept, which has gone up by 70.1 per cent to £156.
The new rate will come into effect from April, the start of the new financial year.
But Hambleton District Council's section is still £120 below Government recommendations.
Deputy leader of the council, Coun Arthur Barker, said yesterday: "This new rate endorses our policy to continue setting council tax well below Government assessed levels.
"Over the last ten years, we have levied £730 less per Band D household than the Government assessed. That has created a saving of more than £25 million across the district."
Updated: 11:24 Wednesday, February 26, 2003
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