Council tax rise for Worthing households

The increase would see the borough’s portion of a Band D bill rise from £231.30 to £237.78 a  year and add £249,510 to the council’s coffers, balancing its budget for 2019/20.

Elizabeth Sparkes (Con, Offington) told a town hall meeting she did not want to set the increase any higher, saying she was ‘mindful of the financial pressures facing Worthing residents’.