Tories reject council tax 'freeze'...

Prudent calls by Labour for a council tax freeze were rejected today by the Conservatives who control Lincolnshire County Council.

The Tories decided to demand an extra 1.75 per cent from every council tax payer in Lincolnshire.

The last thing Lincolnshire people who are struggling to pay their bills need is another Tory tax hike.

But the Tories weren't listening.

Labour demonstrated how services could be improved without any increase at all this year - largely thanks to a more than generous Government grant of more than SIX per cent.

That's on top of last year's even more generous in Government funding to Lincolnshire of more than NINE per cent.

So a 15 per cent increase in two years.

But still the Tories still can't manage without hiking council tax yet again.

The words 'total' and 'incompetence' comes to mind...

UPDATE: Coverage in the Lincolnshire Echo.