WILTSHIRE Council put up the Council Tax by nearly four per cent this financial year – that is one of the highest increases in the country.

But who has noticed that sneaky extra charge now being made? In the literature sent out with the new Council Tax bill you will find the phrase ‘payments made by credit card may be subject to a transaction charge’.

But no such surcharge has been made before and it is not until you go into the online payment system that you will see (in ‘small print’ and I almost missed it) that credit card payments now attract an extra two per cent charge.

As I stated, sneaky – so watch out for it.

Mike Stevens

Churchlands

North Bradley