Panel backs tax rise to fund Norfolk Police Published: 06:00, 03 February 2021
People in Norfolk will have to pay about 29p a week more for the police element of council tax next year.
A meeting of the county s Police and Crime Panel yesterday heard the increase was essential to tackle hidden harms such as sexual abuse and domestic violence.
Norfolk Police and crime commissioner (PCC), Lorne Green, proposed an increase of 5.68 per cent (£14.94) a year on Band D properties.
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A Band B resident will see their council tax bills rise by 22p a week.
Mr Green acknowledged the âunprecedented timesâ but said he needed to provide for public safety.
Outgoing Norfolk commissioner renews demand for long jail terms on police attacks
| Updated: 18:06, 02 February 2021
Norfolkâs outgoing police and crime commissioner (PCC) has called for minimum five-year prison sentences for people who assault officers or try to infect them with Covid.
The commissioner, Lorne Green, made the statement during a meeting of the Police and Crime Panel on Tuesday.
At the meeting, Mr Green described himself as âfrustrated and angryâ saying the assaults and police officers being spat at needed to be addressed as a âmatter of urgent necessityâ.
Lorne Green.
The PCC said the most recent figures showed spitting or coughing incidents at officers had risen to 9.7 per month by November 2020, up from 5.7 in March.
Norfolk police and crime commisssioner Lorne Green.
Picture: ANTONY KELLY
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People in Norfolk will have to pay about 29p a week more for the police element of council tax this year.
A meeting of the Police and Crime Panel heard the increase was essential to tackle hidden harms’ such as domestic violence.
Norfolk Police and crime commissioner (PCC), Lorne Green, proposed an increase of 5.68pc (£14.94) a year on Band D properties.
A Band B property will see their council tax bills rise by 22p a week.
Mr Green acknowledged the “unprecedented times” but said he needed to provide for public safety.
The exposed pipe on Fen Road, Scarning.
- Credit: Lawrence Gould
A Norfolk family has expressed its frustration after taking matters into their own hands to combat dangerous flooding.
June Martin, 82, called her daughter and grandson for help on December 27, when floodwater threatened to leave her “marooned” at her property on Fen Road, Scarning, near Dereham.
Having registered her concerns to the county council for several years and seen no action taken, Ms Martin remembered that, more than 20 years ago, a clay pipe used to run from the road to a ditch behind it.
Ms Martin said: “It [the pipe’s opening] was smashed to pieces when somebody came along in a digger to clear out the grips. From that moment on, that portion of Fen Road would flood, even in moderate rain.”