Monetising goodwill: empowering places for civic renewal

Monetising goodwill: empowering places for civic renewal This report claims that the majority of people would be willing to pay more in council tax or voluntary one-off levies to better fund particular local services across the country. Polling undertaken by YouGov reveals the top five public services people would pay more per month in council tax are, in rank order: public health, fire, police, adult social care and children’s social care. The survey uncovered six issues with majority support for paying some extra cash as a voluntary one-off levy: helping older people to live independently for longer; support for local homeless people; improving disability access; repairing potholes; reducing loneliness and reducing anti-social behaviour. Regional variations in attitudes to tax and spending showed residents of the East Midlands were the most willing to make bigger tax contributions, followed by respondents from Yorkshire and the Humber and London. Localis