£150 Government Council Tax Rebate Update.

And this isn't a scam, the £150 Council Tax Rebate to help with the rising cost of energy bills that the Government announced earlier in the year (blog), well you have until the end of the month to claim it, if you haven't already received it (website). This is for people who live in properties that are valued in council tax bands A-D.

A reminder that people who pay their council tax by direct debit should already have received their rebates via BACS direct into their bank account. If you haven't received it yet, or, if you do not pay by direct debit and haven't yet made a claim, please go to the website, from where you can make an application.

The closing date for applications is Wednesday the 31st August 2022, "anyone who has not applied before Wednesday 31 August will not be able to apply."

The website gives details of what to do and is self-explanatory, indeed, it provides all the information required, and the means to apply. 

Get going if you've not already applied, and good luck to you! 👍

White Rock Promenade Kiosk Now Open, Honest!

Yesterday, I noticed that the kiosk that was first mooted in the plans for the regeneration of the White Rock Promenade nearly 2 years ago, is now open to provide refreshments! 

This is how it was envisaged in the plans (see my blog of 11th June 2015). I'm sure they were talking about it as an 'information kiosk' at the exhibition at the White Rock Hotel that day. Though, with even more cut-backs to funding to local councils, particularly for Hastings, from Central Government, plus noting that, despite the Borough Council keeping its own annual council tax increase to 2%, the overall increase for Hastings council tax payers in 2017/18 is 4.3%! Subsequently, I can understand that, I presume, this kiosk is now being used as a way of making income for the Council... fair enough.