Precept frozen for Pagham residents

The council members agreed at Tuesday’s meeting to keep their share of the overall council tax bill the same for the second year in a row.

They will be asking homeowners to contribute £79.438 in the 12 months from April. This equals £30.51 for a band D property.

Cllr Ray Radmall, the council’s chairman, said: “We are being very frugal.

“We believe this is the right way to go because we do not want to overburden our residents.

“Leaving our precept unchanged amounts to a modest fall in real terms when inflation is taken into account.”