Below-inflation rates rise for Port St Mary

Port St Mary Commissioners is putting its rate up by 2.5 percent.

It will be levied at 395.65p in the pound and the local authority says it's created a ‘budget of practicality’ to keep the rate as low as possible.

The commissioners say a number of factors had to be taken into consideration, including charge increases at the civic amenity site and Energy from Waste Plant, as well as salaries and future projects.

It also has more than £21,000 in unpaid rates and says those people are being ‘pursued’ by Treasury.