Millions of people in England face an increase in council tax over the normal limit, after the government has enabled six areas to bypass a 5% ceiling on increases.
Usually, local authorities with social care rights can only increase the council tax each year up to 4.99% without referendum, while others can increase it up to 2.99%.
But the government has now confirmed that the Bradford council will have increased 10%, while Newham and Windsor and Maidenhead will both have a 9%increase.
Birmingham, Somerset and Trafford will be allowed to increase their invoices by 7.5%.
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner said the councils had been selected as they had “among the lowest levels of the council tax” – even with strong increases.
She said: “We recognize the importance of the limited increases in the contribution to prevent these advice from falling more in financial distress – but we have been clear that this must be balanced with the interests of taxpayers.”
The government has prevented several advice from increasing taxes over 4.99%, including Hampshire, which had asked an increase of 15%.
The six advice authorized to increase the council tax over 5% without referendum serves around 2.5 million people together.
The government says that in the total councils in England will have 69 billion pounds sterling to spend next year, an increase of 6.8% this year, assuming that they all increase the tax tax by their maximum authorized amount .
This includes an increase in the funding of the central government of 2 billion pounds sterling compared to this year, including 1 billion pounds sterling for social care.
However, 515 million pounds sterling in this additional financing were reserved to compensate for the effect of the increase in national insurance contributions (Ni) from April.
Allocations specific to the authorities combined by the mayor remain at zero, which means that they should generate funding by other means.
The labor manifesto has promised longer tax plans, fixing budgets for at least two years.
The government also consults on the introduction of a stronger link between global funding and the deprivation of 2026, as part of a broader upheaval in the financing of the Council.
The president of the association of local governments, Louise Gittins, said that the finances of the council remain “extremely difficult” and that additional money next year “still does not become what is desperately necessary”.
She said: “This exercise therefore remains extremely difficult for advice from all types which are now faced with increasing the advice tax invoices to provide desperately necessary funding next year, but could still be forced to make new reductions in services”.
It called for a “more sustainable future financing system” as well as “a significant and sustained increase in overall financing” for advice in the next expenditure examination.
