The local part of the council tax paid by Gillingham residents is to rise by £12 a year or £1 a month for Band D properties. The move was approved by Gillingham Town …

Investment in key care services, road schemes and boosting local jobs are at the centre of Dorset Council’s 2026/27 budget proposals, published on Tuesday. A record total of £482m will be spent running services …

Dorset Council has criticised last week’s three-year provisional Local Government financial settlement, which failed to deliver the significant boost to funding it says the county deserves. Although the new three-year settlement does give …

Dorset Council’s budget of £417.2 million for 2025-26 was approved by councillors at the Full Council meeting on 11 February. The council says the budget includes ‘substantial investment’ earmarked for essential frontline council …

Councillors in Gillingham have voted to put up the town’s precept – its share of the council tax bill – by 4.92 percent. That means local council tax payers living in a band …

Dorset Council’s budget of £377 million for 2024-25 was approved by councillors at the full council meeting on 13 February. This continues what the council calls its ‘commitment to maintain frontline services, without …

Councillors have voted for Gillingham’s precept to rise by just under 4 percent for the financial year 2023-2024. On Monday night members of the town council agreed a total budget for the town …

Dorset Council’s proposed budget for 2023-24 will raise bills by around 4 percent for residents, it has been revealed. That represents a £1.41 extra per week increase in council tax for people who …

Gillingham residents living in a band D property are likely to see their council tax go up by around £87 for the year 2020-2021. That is based on analysis by Gillingham News after …