Typical council tax will rise by 4.7% next month - the second biggest increase in a decade
The typical council tax rise in England is well over twice the level of inflation, which records the rising cost of living and currently stands at 1.8%.
has also had an impact with police and crime commissioners permitted to double their precept from £12 to £24.The average area Band D council tax will be £1,477 in London, £1,739 in metropolitan areas, and £1,814 in unitary authority areas, the Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government said.
Councillor Nick Rushton, County Councils Network finance spokesman and leader of Leicestershire County Council, said:"For a long time, county residents have borne the brunt of the historic underfunding of county areas. It cannot be fair that a resident in a terraced home in Hinkley in Leicestershire is paying double that of a resident in a multi-million-pound house in Westminster.
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