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Southern local authority announces inflation-busting rates rise

Port St Mary commissioners have announced an inflation-busting rates rise.

The board says  this year its rates will rise by 8.8 per cent - more than twice December's inflation rate of 3.3 per cent.

The local authority says rates in the village will go up from 419 to 465 pence in the pound.

In a post on Facebook, the board says an average three-bedroomed property will see its bill rise by 85p a week.

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