I live there unfortunatley
The same incompetent council gets voted in time and time again by their party faithful, the voters have misplaced loyalty and the ruling Labour Party know that they can mess up and saddle us citizens with the bill without any redress. A 21% rise in everyone's council tax has been approved and they are laughing all the way to the bank, as the new price is now set in stone and will never come down, so the next rise scheduled after 2025 will default probably back to 5%.