Up to 30,000 people across Essex are going to be given £100 to help them with their Council Tax in these economically difficult times.
The Conservative administration at County Hall, have decided that those in most need, families with young children and those over 80 years of age should receive financial assistance.
Essex residents are of course already benefiting from the lowest council tax rise in the county in history.
A number of people reciveing this £100 will be from Harlow, and I was really happy when Lord Hanningfield the leader of Essex County Council told me about the scheme.
Harlow District Council are helping to distribute the money to those people who meet the criteria.
Of course the ability to pass this money back to hard pressed tax payers has only been achieved by the sound financial management of Essex County Council by Lord Hanningfield and his Conservative team;
A big difference to the previous Lib/Lab adminsitration who drained the reserves, a situation those of you who know Harlow will not be surprised by!
Further details of the £100 pound give back can be found here.Well done Lord Hanningfield - this is the kind of thing that makes Conservative councils different.
I was under the impression that Council Tax payers had been overcharged and that LH decided to give it away rather than return it to it's rightful owners.
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