Millions of households across the UK risk seeing a dramatic increase in their council tax from April. It is understood that roughly three-quarters of councils across the council will hike their taxes by 5 per cent.
An official analysis recently showed that nearly all local authorities were expected to hike their council taxes by the maximum amount without a referendum as part of Jeremy Hunt's plans to raise money.
Treasury analysis in November showed around 95 per cent of councils are expected to hike payments by the full 5 per cent permitted.
Currently, authorities have to hold a local referendum if they want to increase council tax by more than 3 per cent, however, Mr Hunt previously announced in his autumn statement that this threshold will be increased to 5 per cent. Read more: TSB bank offering instant £200 added for simple account switch Similar research by the County Councils Network (CCN) found that 84 out of 114 councils that provide social care and have published their 2023/24 budget proposals plan to raise council tax to the maximum permitted.
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