Andrew Little: Wellington Mayor on the government progressing with rate caps
Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Newstalk ZB
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Show Notes
Agreement from Wellington's Mayor over council rates needing to be kept in check.
The Government's proposing to cap rates increases at 4% a year, with only water rates and other non-rates revenue to be excluded.
Wellington Mayor Andrew Little says rates increases are due to decades of under-spending.
However, he told Ryan Bridge the Government's tapped into a justified concern.
Little says a lot of people are watching rates rise astronomically along side other costs, and councils need to do a better job at controlling this.
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