Parish and town councils raise their money primarily from a levy called a precept. Milton Keynes Council collects the precept on behalf of the parish council at the same time that it collects the Council Tax. Your parish council element is small compared to the other sections of the bill.

For this Parish the precept for 2010-11 is £49,076

Any town or parish that precepts for more than £100,000 each year has to inform its residents of that fact and provide a breakdown of how it intends to spend it. A leaflet will be in the same posting as the Council Tax bills from Milton Keynes Council. There will also be pamphlets from the Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Fire and Rescue Service and the Police Authority who are also entitled to raise their budget in this fashion.

There are sections of the Local Government Acts and the Police Act that enable us to raise additional funds, not all of these will come from you the local tax payer.