Council Tax - How much was your % increase?
 

Now the new Council Tax bills are dropping I was wondering what % your bills have gone up by?

For SCDC mines gone up by 5.83% for 2023.

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Ours has gone up by 4.9%

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Ours is gone up by just under 5%.

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Mine after benefit has actually come down for some reason they have added a £30 support fund payment bringing my monthly payments down by over £2

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My local council froze the 'general council tax' part and increased the social care element by 2%. The parish council also froze their part, while police and fire increased theirs by around 5%. All in all it works out about £8 extra per month.

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For those that missed this weeks Martin Lewis program, what was said was a bit of on eye opener. You can check (or should) check if you're in the right band, or compare to it others in your neighbourhood street/road etc.

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/re...-bands-change/

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25 years ago my new build 2 bedroom house was in the wrong band, I only found out years later when they sent a letter to contact them, I ended up with around a 2.5K cheque rebate.

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Up 5.1% overall.

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Mine is up 4.8%.

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My whole street is Band A, so we're good. :)

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Don't tell the council lol.

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Up 5% to £1711, Band D.

It was squeaky bum time for the Labour MPs and Councillors after a few of them demanded over 10%.

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Band E, £2,393.58.

Council up 3%
Adult Social Care Precept up 2%
P&CC West Yorks up 6.8%
West Yorks Fire & Rescue up 6.9%

Our street mostly Bands E & F, with the 2 bed flats being C

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Band C £844.54 (No discounts)

Council £364.27 +0%
Adult social care £62.40 +2%
GLA £385.90 +9.7%
Commons Levy £31.97 +11.9%

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Wow, thats cheap, Band A around here is way more than that.

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Wow!

In Leeds, Band C is £1,740.78.

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4.9% to £2,507 quite a lot given that I don't use any services other street maintenance and furniture !

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Cheapest in the country I think and it's Labour-run Wandsworth. (Was Conservative for a long time.)

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Half the current rate of inflation so an effective cut.

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Who empties your bins, checks the cleanliness behind the scenes of the local supermarket or takeaway, looks in to what's happening to that withdrawn looking child down the road who's parents are always shouting at them, makes sure the petrol station is actually pumping the amount of fuel you're paying for etc. I could go on but if the council stopped the services you don't realise you pay for you'd probably one of the first to complain.

I remember many years ago when I worked for a different local authority, a chap complained regularly about the road gully not being cleaned often enough. The lady who managed street cleansing arranged for the gully to be swept and the drain cleaned monthly at the start of the shift at 7am. He then complained that he was being woken, but he never complained about the service (or lack of) after that.

Anyway, to sum up you may think it's a waste of money but you'd miss the functions you take for granted if they suddenly weren't there.

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Mine hasn't dropped at all, it's gone up :(

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He means dropping as in letters on the mat

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1) I pay for biffa to do that. 2) don't use takeaways so really don't care. 3) I doubt that Tesco fiddles the pump (or is a rubbish dump. the one I use you can clearly see all around ) and I have a good idea how much fuel I need . Add to that I don't use school, library , leisure centre . So generously I pay for other people's services :D

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Mine has increased by 4.95%

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Looks like I'm losing so far my rate is actually 5.6%.

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4.75% for me.