Mugged by Direct Debit - Addendum

I've offered a few comparisons over the last few weeks and some of them, like those below, are stark. Is this how RCT Councillors pay for their chauffeur driven cars and huge allowances? One of the poorest areas in Britain and classed as such by the European Union who see us in much the same light as a Third World country, but yet expected to pay far more in Council Tax Rates than even the most affluent areas of south Wales. Why?

Rates compared to Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan & Roath, Cardiff.

(Both very affluent areas.)

Rates Band.               A                   B                     C                      D                     E                     F

COWBRIDGE:     775.09       904.27       1,033.45       1,162.64       1,421.01       1,679.36

ROATH PARK:   614.43          737.31         860.21           983.09       1,105.98       1,351.76

PONTYPRIDD:  917.68      1,070.63     1,223.58     1,376.53     1,682.42      1,988.31

See what I mean? Mugged by Direct Debit - every month!

Graeme.