CHESHIRE East Council is freezing council tax.

We are on Band E. In January, 2012, we paid £176 per month direct debit and in 2015 our direct debit is £181, a rise of £5 per month for 10 months, an extra £50 per year. The direct debit is paid to CEC.

What they have done is transfer assets to Knutsford Council who put up their precept by more than the government cap, so CEC can claim that they have not raised taxes, but the direct debit is paid to CEC.

We are paying more because, who gives Knutsford Council their precept?

Cheshire East. Come April, Knutsford precept has gone up and Cheshire East will be asking for more again.

Jack & Freda Woolcock, Knutsford