Parishes: More Bureacracy, More Taxes

With an enforced Parish covering West Swindon, the Conservatives plan to impose a further level of government on us all. More councilors, more bureaucracy and yes, more taxes!

With an enforced Parish covering West Swindon, the Conservatives plan to impose a further level of government on us all. More councilors, more bureaucracy and yes, more taxes!

The likely parish precept is around £120.00 per annum. This amount will be added to our council tax bills. There will be no extra services, no more road repairs, no more libraries in fact nothing extra at all except more bureaucracy.  

When driven by the demand of local residents parishes can be good thing for local communities but should never be imposed and never as a tax-raising exercise. If we as residents wanted a parish then we would have to hold a referendum, this should be the same for the Council. This is just another example of one rule for us and another for them.