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Cllr Gavin Booth, of the Liberal Democrats, said: “When this came to the overview and scrutiny committee, we said this year wasn’t the right year to be changing it because it does hit those on the lowest incomes.
“From the [public consultation] feedback, you can see a lot of those people are working but on very low incomes.
He added: “What you’ve got here is hitting the very poorest in society at a time when they are being hit with the constraints of having to work with Covid-19 around.”
Cllr Gavin Booth spoke against Fenland District Council s motion to increase Council Tax Support to 20 per cent.
Morton Avenue, in March, was also affected in the Christmas Eve 2020 floods.
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March could be at the heart of a multi-million-pound, long term project to solve flooding in Cambridgeshire.
The challenges of protecting homes and businesses in the town were outlined at a meeting between councillors and water management bodies.
Part of a solution could come via ‘resilience innovation funding’ that the county council hopes to secure from Defra and the Environmental Agency.
Anglian Water has also committed to improve foul drainage infrastructure in the area.
Emergency services pumping water out of Chrissie Morrison s property in Gold Street, March, on Christmas Eve.