The average Band D bill will hit nearly £2,000, official figures show, at the same time as a cost-of-living crisis that is seeing National Insurance, inflation and energy bills all soar
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England’s average Band D council tax bill will go up by £67 this Friday to nearly £2,000 a year.
Official figures show the 3.5% hike – despite Tory ministers insisting most rises would be capped at 3% – will bring England’s average bill for a Band D home to £1,966.
It comes at the same time as a cost-of-living crisis that is seeing National Insurance, inflation and energy bills all soaring while income tax thresholds are frozen for millions.
It means families in Band D homes will have almost half of this year’s £150 discount – which is meant to pay for spiralling energy costs – wiped out by rising council tax.
The average Band A bill will rise to £1,310, Band B to £1,529 and Band C to £1,747 a year.
The totals do not factor in this year’s £150 discount for families in Bands A to D to help pay for spiralling energy bills.
But the £150 discount is one-off and will not be applied next year, when bills are likely to rise again with the average Band D total topping £2,000 for the first time.
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