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Council are the victims here. They are forced to debase themselves because central government, in the Tory era since 2010, simply offloads competencies to local authorities, without allocating extra funds or even slashing existing ones. So the priority has become to keep the lights on and find every way possible to monetize anything remotely monetizable, from parking to this (as well as cutting tons of jobs, closing…
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Adult social care covers a few things, but most of it is literally paying care workers to look after old and vulnerable people. This isn’t what most people would consider a benefit, but a basic dignity.
My father's cousin has been living in social care for the last few years. He was put into a home associated with the council, but as he owned a home (that he'd lived in his whole life) he was forced to sell it to pay for his care. He is able to do most things by himself, but just needs someone to provide a bit of mental support - basically a friend. My father is his closest relative, but lives on the other side of th…
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Unfortunately the two are often intimately linked, so that is not really practical.
I'm not sure what you mean. You're right that the two are usually intimately linked. What I've found by blocking tracking is that as a result of this intertwining, blocking tracking usually also blocks the advertising engaging in the spying. I don't use an adblocker. I block tracking. It's pretty nearly as effective as an adblocker, so that seems practical to me.
It sounded like not blocking ads was a goal.
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My father's cousin has been living in social care for the last few years. He was put into a home associated with the council, but as he owned a home (that he'd lived in his whole life) he was forced to sell it to pay for his care. He is able to do most things by himself, but just needs someone to provide a bit of mental support - basically a friend. My father is his closest relative, but lives on the other side of th…
£700 per week for rent? that is a luxurious apartment in london. why doesn't he move from that place?
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Hmm, not getting these. I disabled uBlock for my results. I'll see what else may be the cause.
I think we would all benefit from an update on your comment correcting it with the new factual information. I too have all the tracking scripts included when loading the page.
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Adult social care covers a few things, but most of it is literally paying care workers to look after old and vulnerable people. This isn’t what most people would consider a benefit, but a basic dignity.
My father's cousin has been living in social care for the last few years. He was put into a home associated with the council, but as he owned a home (that he'd lived in his whole life) he was forced to sell it to pay for his care. He is able to do most things by himself, but just needs someone to provide a bit of mental support - basically a friend. My father is his closest relative, but lives on the other side of th…
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I think we would all benefit from an update on your comment correcting it with the new factual information. I too have all the tracking scripts included when loading the page.
Unfortunately I cannot update my comment. But looks like my browser was blocking “known trackers” which is why they were not showing up.
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That would be nice... but councils can only increase tax by <2% per year, and most of their revenue comes from a 'grant' by central government, which has been cut ~40% in the last decade.
> but councils can only increase tax by The current cap is 2.99% and the 2020-21 plans are for 3.99%, which is split between the core principle and the adult social care principle. It is unlikely that many councils will increase it by less than the fully-permitted amount. Also council tax increases in the recent past have capped at 5.99% some year~s and many actual increases were between 4.5% and 5.5%.
I expect more will follow, because their seat is on the line - so few people vote in local elections, that minimal aggravation can quickly escalate into major upturns. They'll just cut more and more until there is nothing left.
Here's the service promoting advertising on Government web sites in the UK.[1] From their FAQ: Q: "Could the data collected be used to exploit individual circumstances?" A: "There is no intention to do this. In all forms of advertising, companies want to appear in front of the people most likely to buy their products or services." "Just as an advertiser will choose an ad space in a publication because of its readersh…
> Collects unidentifiable data that is sent to an unidentifiable source. The source's identity is kept secret by the company...
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> but councils can only increase tax by The current cap is 2.99% and the 2020-21 plans are for 3.99%, which is split between the core principle and the adult social care principle. It is unlikely that many councils will increase it by less than the fully-permitted amount. Also council tax increases in the recent past have capped at 5.99% some year~s and many actual increases were between 4.5% and 5.5%.
My council (in the North) already announced they will not ask for the full rise, but something like 1%. That's because they are well aware of the recent trend and they know the local population is feeling the heat. I expect more will follow, because their seat is on the line - so few people vote in local elections, that minimal aggravation can quickly escalate into major upturns. They'll just cut more and more until…
That's fascinating - I'm genuinely intrigued where. Are you sure it's 1% total, not 1% of a sub part?
But one council doesn't disprove what I said (it was more of an opinion to be honest though). The first 10 search results I found were all 2-3.99%. I did say the "full amount" though - I'll knock that down to at "at least 3%".