Jealous of those who live in A-D?

[MrsMurphyIWish]

I’ve started seeing comments about budget money funnelled into “welfare areas”. DH and I are nearly 50. We were raised in an under privileged area - he, working class and me foster care. We never moved and as teachers of nearly 30 years I think we may not be net contributors but we work bloody hard.

Here’s to all at the council area workers where we bloody work our arses off - I’ll take any benefit that comes our way!

Black Country.

This thread is insane. There is no such thing as a band 'area'. It's by individual property, not area or postcode.

You’ll actually find due to how outdated the council tax banding is. There is houses in London who pay less council tax than those in the north east.

I am married to a teacher. His salary has run our household in Surrey for more than a decade without claiming a single penny. Not sure what you are on about but whatever that is, the chip on your shoulder is massive

So did I 😆

The OP clearly has no idea what a 'net contributor' is in addition to not understanding council tax bands. Public sector workers contribute their labour to the state (in addition to the taxation also contributed by anyone earning the same salary) and are arguably therefore net contributors by definition.

Apologies for confusing council tax bands with counties. I agree with 2 teacher salaries can provide a very comfortable lifestyle - especially for those we teach and we provide for from our earnings.

I live in a C in a wealthy area - good for me, No means testing. 👍

My road is a mixture of band bs through to band es and above. i live in a normal 20 year old housing estate. There’s a wide mixture as there are most if not every place i have ever lived. I’m in a very small standard 3 bed semi band D here.

Didn’t you say you’re a teacher? You’re not very worldly are you OP?

My band D property is a 5 bed detached home in the south.

Obviously have no clue about council tax bands. On MN “net contributor” is always applied to those who financially take away from the state to what they provide financially but that’s a whole different debate.

Again, apologies for my ignorance!

My band D property is a detached 5 bed with large garden and double garage, in the south.

You’re not very “worldly” for a teacher are you OP?

Yes, I’m stupid.

I'm a band C teacher in rural North Yorkshire. We don't have any knife crime or drugs etc, but we also don't have any public transport or local amenities. We all live in modest 50s semi's. I think it is a nice place to live (if you like the quiet life) and am very grateful for our £100 this winter.

Quote " Energy companies will just find a charge to add to take it..."

And that is capitalism. This is why I say utilities should be in public ownership.

With 2 adults and 2 children, for example, you are not a net contributor until household income is above 70k

Same in Yorkshire to be honest. We’re D and I just checked what a house in D is supposed to be worth, ours is worth far more so I have no idea how it’s actually calculated. We’re high earners so receive no benefits and I’m glad we’re finally getting something even if it’s only a token.

Why would anyone be jealous?My council tax is 4.5k so £100 isn't going to dent that much.

Not necessarily. My street ranges from band B to band F.

We are band D and have a household income of over £100k and equestrian facilities including stables and over 10 acres of land. Still looking forward our £100 though 💰

How many years at that income before all the accumulated years of not being a net contributor are paid off ?

If you see what I mean? If we took a cut off age of say 70, and we added up all the money that person contributed v taken out, I wonder what % of people would make it into the "total net contributor" column.

I get you. Without the £100 it really would be gherkins.

I don’t understand their thinking. Their could be some very wealthy people in those bands 🤷‍♀️

Well it's not a good move in my view - they should have targeted those most in need, not just applying £100 discounts to blanket council tax bands.

I also don't understand the OP's point about "band c area". In our area which is made up of flats and houses, social housing, private rented and owner occupied, there are many different bands.

Well, yes. There were more properties valued in the lower bands so fewer to pay the higher rates. You need to generate a certain income so the lower rates need to be higher.