Year on Year we can ‘expect’ our ‘tax’ on the Police Precept to increase.
The policing element of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough council tax bills will rise in April.
The increase of £12.96 per year, proposed by police and crime commissioner Darryl Preston, means that households in band D properties will pay £285.48, up from £272.52.
The new precept was accepted by the Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Panel, populated by councillors from across the region, at a meeting yesterday (Wednesday).
Amazingly a very poor turnout by Councillors who could ‘question’ this increase.
It was accepted effectively by default as the panel was told there weren’t enough members in the room to exercise their collective veto powers.
Darryl Preston the PCC – about the only time you’ll see him smile -?
I was at a meeting last year when he had great difficulty in ‘engaging’ with the normal public.
