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Legion
joins council tax fight BBC
news online The
Royal British Legion has joined pensioners across the South West in
calling for reductions in council tax.
The
charity has combined with several other groups in calling for reforms to
the council tax system. The
legion says the system unfairly penalises the over 60s. The
organisation says the recent large increases in council tax have been too
much for pensioners to bear and that many of those eligible for council
tax benefit are not claiming it. The
legion's director of welfare, Terry English, is meeting members in Newquay,
He
said there had been a surge in requests for financial support from
pensioners facing hardship. "The
council tax is a problem that affects everyone, irrespective of their
party, race or creed. "There
is a lot of hardship in the west, particularly in The
legion believe the voices of its 550,000 members, alongside groups such as
Help the Aged and the website-based "Is it Fair?" campaign, will
add to the growing pressure on the government to ease the council tax
burden on pensioners. "By joining with
others we are exercising our right to make a protest against something we
thing is universally unfair," said Mr English. Copyright
© 2002 Global Action on Aging |
It
says it has received more calls than ever before from pensioners in the
region facing financial hardship.