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GM mayoral precept freeze for 2021/22 approved Date published: 16 February 2021
Andy Burnham
Greater Manchester residents will see the amount they pay in council tax towards mayoral activities carried out by Andy Burnham and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) frozen from April.
The combined authority agreed that increasing the precept would place a burden on people already struggling through the Covid-19 pandemic.
Council tax set by local authorities is already expected to rise in the coming years, as councils try to keep vital services like adult social care afloat despite the impact of Covid.
But the mayoral precept, which partly funds the fire service and other Greater Manchester-level purposes like rough sleeping support and free bus passes for young people, will stay the same for the 2021/22 financial year.