Lies, damned lies and statistics?

[Lucy Lass-Tick]

So the public's saying keep it basic but keep charges down? Interesting to read the paper's own poll, where (currently) over 87% of readers reckon that councils have enough slack to trim without affecting the elderly/vulnerable ... doesn't seem to echo claims from within the town halls.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/council-spending/9845092/Sacrifice-services-and-freeze-tax-public-tells-councils.html

[testing times]

"The Government has introduced laws that would force councils to hold a referendum if they wish to increase the levy by more than 3.5 per cent. "
Surely this is a mistake. I thought the 'trigger point' was 2%

[rabbit]

Yes that is correct 2 percent trigger is for next year 2013/14.

The 3.5 percent  trigger was for 2012/13.