{"id":369927,"date":"2026-01-14T20:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T20:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/369927\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T20:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T20:04:08","slug":"herefordshire-council-tax-set-to-rise-by-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/369927\/","title":{"rendered":"Herefordshire Council tax set to rise by 5%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Conservative administration is now investigating ways to plug the gap, including a review of all services. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It also said the government&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/consultations\/the-fair-funding-review-20\/the-fair-funding-review-20\" class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fair Funding Review, external<\/a> would see \u00a317m cut from Herefordshire Council&#8217;s funding by 2028-29, meaning council tax increases of 5% were likely every year between now and then. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Lester added: &#8220;We remain deeply disappointed by the government&#8217;s funding approach that has left Herefordshire residents short-changed &#8211; again. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It is clear they have failed to sufficiently fund the additional costs of delivering services to residents across a rural county like ours. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Unlike some councils, we won&#8217;t be seeking a bailout or government loan, or calling for 10% council tax increases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;But, we will take tough but responsible decisions to control costs, protect essential services and keep the council financially sustainable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A spokesperson for the ministry of housing, communities and local government  said: &#8220;We&#8217;re making \u00a378bn available for council finances next year, including up to \u00a3237m for Herefordshire to help them deliver the high-quality public services people need.&#8221; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Conservative administration is now investigating ways to plug the gap, including a review of all services. It&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369928,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-369927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}