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Nine in 10 areas are going through the utmost council tax rise in England, an evaluation has urged.

The majority of councils have indicated they may apply a most council tax improve of a minimum of 4.99% this yr.

Figures for the 139 top-tier authorities in England which have proposed or confirmed will increase thus far present 85% are planning an increase simply in need of 5% – the edge that will set off an area referendum in regular circumstances.

When the six councils in acute monetary stress that have been granted permission to extend council tax past this stage with no native vote are included, the proportion will increase to almost 90%.

Four bankrupt authorities – Birmingham, Woking, Slough and Thurrock – have particular dispensation to boost council tax by 10%.

Of the councils which have disclosed plans, 122 are proposals awaiting approval from full council and 17 have been confirmed, leaving 14 but to declare their intentions

Just 15 councils are planning will increase beneath 4.99%, with ranges starting from 4.98% in Barnet, north London, and Warrington, Cheshire, to 2% in Wandsworth, south London.

Wandsworth’s improve represents the third yr in a row that council tax has been frozen within the borough, which is claimed to have the bottom council tax within the nation.

Council chief Simon Hogg stated: “Sound financial management is at the heart of everything we do.

“Wandsworth has one of the lowest levels of debt and some of the highest financial reserves in London, allowing us to freeze the main element of council tax and invest in what matters most to you – cleaner streets, safer neighbourhoods and a stronger community.”

UK councils are struggling due to a big funding hole brought on by rising prices from inflation and wage pressures, coupled with rising demand for providers like social care, homelessness help and particular instructional wants.

English councils face a £2.3 billion funding hole in 2025/26, rising to £3.9 billion in 2026/27, the Local Government Association’s evaluation from September confirmed.

This is a £6.2 billion shortfall throughout the 2 years.

It comes because the Resolution Foundation stated the poorest fifth of households throughout the UK paid 4.8% of their revenue on council tax in 2020-21, up from 2.9% in 2002-3.

The suppose tank recognized that this share of revenue was thrice greater than the 1.5% spent by the richest fifth.

The council tax system has been described as flawed by consultants, significantly as council tax charges in England and Scotland are based mostly on the worth of properties in 1991.

Lalitha Try, an economist on the Resolution Foundation, stated: “This terribly designed tax increasingly resembles the very thing it was meant to replace – the dreaded poll tax.”

Here is an inventory of the most recent proposed and confirmed council tax rises for 2025/26 by top-tier native authorities in England.

The information covers solely the 153 top-tier native authorities in England: County councilsLondon boroughs, Metropolitan boroughs and unitary authorities. It doesn’t embody lower-tier district councils.

Some 14 top-tier authorities have but to make public a proposed or confirmed determine.

– County councils

Cambridgeshire (Eastern England): 4.99% confirmed

Derbyshire (East Midlands): 4.99% confirmed

Devon (SW England): 4.99% proposed

East Sussex (SE England): 4.99% confirmed

Essex (Eastern England): 3.75% confirmed

Gloucestershire (SW England): 4.99% proposed

Hampshire (SE England): 4.995% confirmed

Hertfordshire (SE England): 4.99% proposed

Kent (SE England): 4.99% confirmed

Lancashire (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Leicestershire (East Midlands): 4.99% proposed

Lincolnshire (East Midlands): 2.99% proposed

Norfolk (Eastern England): 4.99% proposed

Nottinghamshire (East Midlands): 4.84% proposed

Oxfordshire (SE England): 4.99% confirmed

Staffordshire (West Midlands): 4.99% confirmed

Suffolk (Eastern England): 4.99% confirmed

Surrey (SE England): 4.99% confirmed

Warwickshire (West Midlands): 4.99% confirmed

West Sussex (SE England): 4.99% confirmed

Worcestershire (West Midlands): 4.99% proposed

– London

Barking & Dagenham: 4.99% proposed

Barnet: 4.98% proposed

Bexley: tbc

Brent: 4.99% proposed

Bromley: tbc

Camden: tbc

City of London: tbc

Croydon: 4.99% proposed

Ealing: 4.99% proposed

Enfield: 4.99% proposed

Greenwich: 4.99% proposed

Hackney: tbc

Hammersmith & Fulham: 4.99% proposed

Haringey: 4.99% proposed

Harrow: 4.99% proposed

Havering: 4.99% proposed

Hillingdon: 4.99% proposed

Hounslow: 4.99% proposed

Islington: 4.99% proposed

Kensington & Chelsea: 4.00% proposed

Kingston-upon-Thames: 4.99% proposed

Lambeth: 4.99% proposed

Lewisham: 4.99% proposed

Merton: 4.99% proposed

Newham: 8.99% proposed

Redbridge: tbc

Richmond-upon-Thames: 4.99% proposed

Southwark: 4.99% proposed

Sutton: 4.99% proposed

Tower Hamlets: 4.99% proposed

Waltham Forest: 4.99% proposed

Wandsworth: 2.00% proposed

Westminster: 4.99% proposed

– Metropolitan boroughs

Barnsley (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.90% proposed

Birmingham (West Midlands): 7.49% proposed

Bolton (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Bradford (Yorkshire/Humber): 9.99% proposed

Bury (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Calderdale (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.99% proposed

Coventry (West Midlands): 4.99% proposed

Doncaster (Yorkshire/Humber): 3.99% proposed

Dudley (West Midlands): 4.99% proposed

Gateshead (NE England): 4.99% proposed

Kirklees (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.99% proposed

Knowsley (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Leeds (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.99% proposed

Liverpool (NW England): tbc

Manchester (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Newcastle-upon-Tyne (NE England): 4.99% proposed

North Tyneside (NE England): 4.99% proposed

Oldham (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Rochdale (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Rotherham (Yorkshire/Humber): 3.00% proposed

Salford (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Sandwell (West Midlands): 4.99% proposed

Sefton (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Sheffield (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.99% proposed

Solihull (West Midlands): 4.99% proposed

South Tyneside (NE England): 4.95% proposed

St Helens (NW England): tbc

Stockport (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Sunderland (NE England): 4.99% proposed

Tameside (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Trafford (NW England): 7.49% proposed

Wakefield (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.99% proposed

Walsall (West Midlands): 4.99% proposed

Wigan (NW English): tbc

Wirral (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Wolverhampton (West Midlands): tbc

– Unitary authorities

Bath & North East Somerset (SW England): 4.99% proposed

Bedford (Eastern England): 4.99% confirmed

Blackburn with Darwen (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Blackpool (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole (SW England): 4.99% proposed

Bracknell Forest (SE England): tbc

Brighton & Hove (SE England): 4.99% proposed

Bristol (SW England): 4.99% proposed

Buckinghamshire (SE England): 4.99% proposed

Central Bedfordshire (Eastern England): 4.99% proposed

Cheshire East (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Cheshire West and Chester (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Cornwall (SW England): 4.99% proposed

Cumberland (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Darlington (NE England): 4.99% proposed

Derby (East Midlands): 4.99% proposed

Dorset (SW England): 4.99% confirmed

Durham (NE England): 4.99% proposed

East Riding of Yorkshire (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.99% confirmed

Halton (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Hartlepool (NE England): 4.99% proposed

Herefordshire (West Midlands): 4.99% confirmed

Hull (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.99% proposed

Isle of Wight (SE England): 4.99% proposed

Isles of Scilly (SW England): 4.99% proposed

Leicester (East Midlands): 4.99% proposed

Luton (Eastern England): 4.99% proposed

Medway (SE England): 4.99% proposed

Middlesbrough (NE England): 4.99% proposed

Milton Keynes (SE England): 4.99% proposed

North East Lincolnshire (Yorkshire/Humber): 3.98% proposed

North Lincolnshire (Yorkshire/Humber): tbc

North Northamptonshire (East Midlands): 4.99% proposed

North Somerset (SW England): 4.99% proposed

North Yorkshire (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.99% confirmed

Northumberland (NE England): 4.99% proposed

Nottingham (East Midlands): 4.99% proposed

Peterborough (Eastern England): 4.99% proposed

Plymouth (SW England): 4.99% proposed

Portsmouth (SE England): 4.99% proposed

Reading (SE England): 4.99% proposed

Redcar & Cleveland (NE England): 4.99% proposed

Rutland (East Midlands): 4.99% proposed

Shropshire (West Midlands): 4.99% proposed

Slough (SE England): tbc

Somerset (SW England): 7.50% proposed

South Gloucestershire (SW England): 4.99% proposed

Southampton (SE England): tbc

Southend-on-Sea (Eastern England): 4.99% proposed

Stockton-on-Tees (NE England): 4.95% proposed

Stoke-on-Trent (West Midlands): 4.99% proposed

Swindon (SW England): 4.99% proposed

Telford & Wrekin (West Midlands): 4.99% proposed

Thurrock (Eastern England): 4.99% proposed

Torbay (SW England): 4.75% proposed

Warrington (NW England): 4.98% proposed

West Berkshire (SE England): 4.99% proposed

West Northamptonshire (East Midlands): 4.99% proposed

Westmorland & Furness (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Wiltshire (SW England): 4.50% proposed

Windsor & Maidenhead (SE England): 8.99% proposed

Wokingham (SE England): 4.99% proposed

York (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.99% proposed