Old Rockersjust go on living

摘要

The fidds of Eden, are full of trash, and if we beg and we borrow and steal, well never get it back...'The words of our investment advisors? No, the opening lines to the Rolling Stones composition 'The rock and a hard place'. And when it comes to pension fund deficits and council tax increases, it would appear to be an apt description.In 2004, Nick Raynsford was minister of state for local and regional government, addressing Parliament on the subject of council tax capping. He was able to say that 'a large number of authorities had set lower council tax increases than they originally proposed, following the Government's strong messages to local authorities that high increases were both unacceptable, and unnecessary.'