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Council tax increase for police | | Devon and Cornwall Police is to increase the amount of money it gets through council tax by almost 8%. It is above the government's recommendation of 5% and means taxpayers will pay on average an extra 20p a week for police. For a band D property the increase represents an extra charge of just over �10 a year. Chief Constable Steven Otter said the extra revenue will mean an additional 200 officers on the beat.
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