North Lanarkshire residents will find out council tax details next month

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North Lanarkshire householders will find out their council tax costs for the year ahead on February 17.Councillors will meet that day to set the local authority’s budget for 2022/23 – including determining any increase which should be applied to the bills for domestic properties for 2022/23.It follows last month’s Scottish budget at Holyrood, in which finance secretary Kate Forbes gave councils entirely free rein to decide on a council tax percentage rise for the first time in 15 years.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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North Lanarkshire Council’s (NLC) bills rose by three per cent in both 2018 and 2019 and then by the maximum permissible 4.84 per cent in February 2020; but was then frozen again last year in response to the COVID pandemic.

The Scottish Government provided additional funding for councils for doing so, with North Lanarkshire receiving £4.64m for the 12-month period to cover the cost.A spokesman for NLC said: “The annual budget meeting will be held on February 17.“Councillors will consider the budget for 2022-23 along with a decision on council tax rates for the next financial year.”Councils’ organisation COSLA has criticised the overall budget settlement from