The full impact of the local government funding settlement is beginning to hit home, as councils assess their budgets for next year. The Comprehensive Spending Review, which will bring little extra to local authority grants, means significant increases in council tax are now inevitable. Westminster City Council warned cuts to the Local Authority Business Growth Incentive, the minimum increase to the grant from central government and increased migrant numbers could lead to a large increase in council tax. Cabinet finance member, Cllr Colin Farrow, said: 'All the signs are pointing to the lowest government increase for a decade. This is despite increasing pressure on our services.
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机译：随着议会评估明年的预算，地方政府资金结算的全部影响开始显现。全面支出审查不会给地方政府拨款带来任何额外收益，这意味着现在不可避免地需要大幅增加理事会税。威斯敏斯特市议会警告削减地方政府业务增长激励措施，中央政府对补助金的最低增加以及移民人数的增加可能导致议会税的大幅增加。内阁金融委员克拉·科林·法罗（Cllr Colin Farrow）表示：“所有迹象都表明政府十年来的最低增幅。尽管我们的服务压力越来越大。
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