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.