Morpeth Town Council freezes council tax precept for 2023/24

This means that this part of the bill for 2023/24 will remain frozen at last year’s rates.

Coun David Bawn, town council finance chairman, said: “Like all individuals and businesses, the Conservative majority town council has felt the squeeze this year as costs to provide all the services we provide have gone up.

“However, we have been successfully able to manage our budget so that we can absorb these costs this year and not pass the additional costs onto residents.

“We will continue to prudently manage our budgets for the good of the town.”

Coun Rachael Hogg, the council’s finance deputy chair, added: “My colleagues and I were determined to do our bit to make sure that the tax burden on Morpeth residents coming from the town council was not increased.”