The average annual band D bill, the standard measure of council tax, will be £2,280 including all precepts this year, an increase of £109 on 2024-25 and a 20% rise on 2021-22, when the average bill was £1,898.
With 384 lower and upper tier councils subject to referendum principles, which allow them to raise the levy by 4.99% without triggering a local referendum, 293 opted to hit the threshold and 56 chose to go close to the maximum.
This means 91% of councils felt it necessary to impose significant rises to cover growing costs and rising demand for support services not provided by government grants and other revenue.
Of the 153 councils with social care responsibilities, 147 imposed the full 2% adult social care precept, with the remaining six applying some of it.
There is ...
With 384 lower and upper tier councils subject to referendum principles, which allow them to raise the levy by 4.99% without triggering a local referendum, 293 opted to hit the threshold and 56 chose to go close to the maximum.
This means 91% of councils felt it necessary to impose significant rises to cover growing costs and rising demand for support services not provided by government grants and other revenue.
Of the 153 councils with social care responsibilities, 147 imposed the full 2% adult social care precept, with the remaining six applying some of it.
There is ...
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