Full list of places where council tax could rise by up to 15% from April

14 February 2023 , 10:02

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Local authorities were given the green light last year to raise the tax by as much as 5% from April (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Council tax is expected to increase by 5% across most English councils in April which will add even more financial pressure to struggling households.

In the Autumn Statement last year, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced English local authorities will be able to increase council tax by 5% annually without a referendum.

Previously, councils were only allowed to raise council tax by 2.99% including a maximum of 1% for expenditure on adult social care and 2% on other expenditures.

At the time, a Treasury analysis predicted almost all councils would increase payments by the full 5% permitted from April this year.

Since then, several local councils have put forward proposals to up their taxes although not confirmed, many are expected to be granted to increase.

Even the Tooth Fairy is feeling the cost of living crunch with payments down 10%

Croydon has been given permission to hike council tax bills by a massive 15% to help pay off £1.6billion of debt.

Mirror Money has compiled a list of councils that have submitted plans to hike their council tax bills.

The average council tax for a Band D property in England for 2022/23 was £1,966.

A 5% rise would add £98 a year to bills for an average property from April, although the amount will vary across England depending on location.

See how much your council tax could rise by

North East

• Durham - 4.99%
• North Tyneside - 4.99%
• Hartlepool - 4.99%
• Gateshead - 4.99%

• South Tyneside - 4.95%

Yorkshire and the Humber

• Darlington - 5.0%
• North Yorkshire - 4.99%
• York - 4.99%
• Leeds - 4.99%
• Ryedale - 4.99%
• Bradford - 4.99%.
• Calderdale - 4.99%
• North East Lincolnshire - 4.98%

North West

• Bolton - 6.5%
• St Helens - 4.99%
• Manchester - 4.99%
• Wirral - 4.99%
• Wakefield - 4.99%
• Eden - 4.99%
• Blackburn and Darwen - 4.99%
• Cheshire East - 4.99%

South East England

• Thurrock - 9.99%
• Slough - 9.99%
• Berkshire - 6.76%
• Sussex - 4.99%
  
• Kent - 4.99%
  
• Brighton and Hove - 4.99%
• Portsmouth - 4.99%
  

South West England

• Wiltshire - 5%
• Bristol - 5%
• Torbay - 4.99%
• Plymouth - 4.99%
• Bath and North East Somerset - 4.99%
• Cornwall - 4.99%
• Worcestershire - 4.94%

East Midlands

• East Lindsey - 5.42%
• Skegness - 5.42%
• Nottingham - 5%
• Rutland -4.99%
• Peterborough - 4.99%
• Nottinghamshire - 4.84%

West Midlands

• Coventry - 5%
• Staffordshire - 4.99%
• Herefordshire - 4.99%
• Dudley - 4.99%
• Derby - 4.99%

East England

• Luton - 4.99%
• Hertfordshire - 4.99%
• Cambridge - 4.99%
• Breckland - 4.7%

South East England

• Surrey Heath - 5%
• Windsor and Maidenhead - 4.99%
• Buckinghamshire - 4.99%
• Oxford - 4.99%
• Bracknell Forest - 4.99%
• West Oxfordshire - 4.57%

London

Croydon Council has been given permission to hike council tax bills by 15% to help pay off £1.6billion of debt.

London councils can increase bills by 10% under plans by Mayor Sadiq Khan to raise the precept, his share of council tax bills.

The London Mayor said the increase will fund an extra 500 Police Community Support Officers.

The precept applies to all 32 London boroughs.

Ruby Flanagan