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# Lichfield councillors clash over council tax rises
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/lichfield-councillors-clash-over-council-tax-rises/
- Published: 2021-10-21T10:42:51.000Z
- Updated: 2021-10-21T10:43:00.000Z
- Description: Lichfield councillors have clashed over council tax rises.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 19:15, News

![Cllr Dave Robertson and Cllr Doug Pullen](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/robertsonpullen.jpg)

Cllr Dave Robertson and Cllr Doug Pullen

Lichfield councillors have clashed over council tax rises.

[A new petition has been launched](https://stopthesqueeze.nationbuilder.com/?recruiter%5Fid=573&ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk) by Labour councillors across the country calling for an end to “unfair” rises in bills facing households.

Cllr Dave Robertson , Labour representative for Curborough ward at Lichfield District Council, said the impact on increased council tax bills was hitting residents hard.

> “The Conservative government have forced council tax up by 13% in just three years, squeezing an extra £220 a year from the average household.  
>  
> “As Labour councillors we say enough is enough – the Chancellor must stop the squeeze on local families.”  
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> Cllr Dave Robertson, Lichfield District Council

But Cllr Doug Pullen, leader of Lichfield District Council, said previous Labour governments had also hiked bills for households.

> “This argument might hold some water, but the three year rolling average of council tax increase under a Labour government was also 13%.”  
>  
> Cllr Doug Pullen, Lichfield District Council

Cllr Robertson insisted the context of the figures meant the numbers could not be compared.

> “Cllr Pullen is comparing apples and oranges here.  
>  
> “Living standards also grew throughout the last Labour government. That has not been the case since 2010 – the last decade was the worst since the Second World War fro the standard of living in the UK.  
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> “This winter will also see families in the UK hit with an avoidable cut to Universal Credit, rising energy prices, inflation higher than it has been since Cllr Pullen or I started working, and a regressive National Insurance hike.  
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> “The Government needs to ensure that councils are properly funded without the need to increase council tax, which hits the poorest hardest.”  
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> Cllr Dave Robertson, Lichfield District Council