Quality Street boxes have been offering a lot less for a lot more over time.
It’s Christmas week, and time to re-assess our budgets, post presents damage. Speaking of gifts, you may have noticed, the cost of chocolate has gone up, while the size of the treat reduces – look at the size of Christmas tins of Quality Street for example, 750g to 720g this year alone.
But if you’re looking to get one of those tins for a friend or family at Christmas, you want to give the most choccy for the best price – something becoming incredibly difficult these days.
How long will it be before we stop spending in areas once deemed traditions, and, back to budget assessments, how long before residents can give no more tax to local authorities?
Two more councils have proposed rises this week, and several councils are looking at their tax bases as they prepare their budget for the coming year.
The trouble for many people is they won’t be the only ones looking at the option to up their budget with taxation, with police, fire and other districts and parishes also needing more money as Central Government presents them with “fun size” chunks of cash instead.
Councillors at LCC noted as they passed the increase: Residents can’t reach much deeper into their purses.
And on that cheery note, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
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Daniel Jaines has been working as a journalist in Lincolnshire for over a decade. He joined Stonebow Media in 2018 as a Local Democracy Reporter, covering local authorities across Greater Lincolnshire for the BBC Local News Partnerships scheme.
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Lincolnshire Police have found the body of a missing Lincoln boy.
The force appealed at around 4pm on Sunday, April 11, to find Daniel Coupland, 16, from Lincoln, after he went missing.
At 9.30pm police said that a body has been found, which has been identified as the missing boy.
In a statement, Lincolnshire Police said: “We would like to sincerely thank the media and the public for their support with this appeal and request that the family be given time to process this devastating news without intrusion or speculation.”
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