Brits face biggest council tax hike in two decades next year, bombshell leak shows
HOUSEHOLDS face the biggest council tax rise in two decades next year, warns a bombshell leak from the Tory-run Local Government Association.
Town hall levies will have to go up by nine per cent next year — the highest rise since 2003.
The memo to ministers also warns of four per cent rises every year until 2025 as costs from elderly social care bites.
It would mean the average Band D property paying £340 a year extra — over £2,220 — by 2025.
The LGA warns councils will still need more from central government to keep services going.
Commenting on the hike, Labour's shadow communities boss Steve Reed said: “The Government’s social care plan doesn’t provide any money for social care, but we now know it will lead to massive council tax hikes next spring.
“Yet again, people will find they’re paying more but getting less under the Conservatives.
“Working people are already being hit by the conservative cost of living crisis, cuts to universal credit and NI tax hikes and now face a huge council tax increase."
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- A YOUGOV poll found the public are now more likely to say taxes will rise under the Tories (64 per cent) than a Labour government (56 per cent).
