Is your council tax going up?

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Ours is going up by 10%, although it does include water (Scotland). So £409 a month for 10 months. Ouch!

Yes 9 percent. Think il opt to spread payments over 12 months rather than 10 now.

Not officially told but checked the website it's gone up £73.90 a year which is about 4.99%

East Dunbartonshire is the only one not to have made a decision

Our council tax is going up 5% and the water a little over 25%. I'm on a fix with gas and electricity so have dodged that increase. It's all dwarfed by the increases in the shopping bill.

7% highlands.

8.9% here, Powys.

I actually don’t understand how people in England manage this…I’m in Ireland and I know we are taxed a tiny bit more but we have no council tax or water bills to contend with, and our wages are generally more. I actually think I wouldn’t survive if I had those bills too!!

Do you mean SW11?
I live there 😎 the Greater London part has increased though, but not the Borough part.
Cherry on top: weekly bin collections still!

I didn’t realise payments could be spread over 12 months, I’ll look into that.

I know Wandsworth is cheap but isn't Westminster the cheapest of all?

It's a proper bloody reverse robin hood tax anyway. Fuckers.

Going up in Scotland by lots mainly because SNP didn’t allow increases in previous years

I've always paid mine over 12 months.
Used to be over 10, but that changed when it went up a fair bit a few years ago.

Labour - giving back to the working classes lol

One of the biggest cost rises for councils is the new NI bands so they will be paying far more in employer NI. Still never mind, Labour say they won’t be hitting the man on the street! Yeh right

I think it's about 5%. I'm pretty pleased with that as it could have been a lot more (water rates have gone up 30%)!

Bet me to it 🤣

Local councillor has just tweeted to confirm 13% increase for ours

10%

£273 a month. Shame my salary has only gone up 2.5%.

Not had ct yet but water is up by 40% and we are already the most expensive water area in the uk

Gas/electricy 8%

House and car insurance up by £40 a month between them

Food shopping is shocking 😮

I'm self employed.
My wages to myself will yet again go down as my running costs have gone up as well as my stock going up x3 the cost before February

It's like a loosing fucking battle

My salary went up 4 % in Jan but no rise in 2024. If only they’d fix the potholes and state of the roads round here with that extra 10% but I know they probably have more important things to spend it on.

9.9%. I'm surprised it wasn't more.

9%!

15% Scotland. It's only £4 a week, it's not going to break the bank.

I'd much rather pay a tiny bit extra if it means keeping things like school buses and crossing patrols, swimming pools and services for the vulnerable.

Wales here, mines going up 10%