Full list of proposed and confirmed top-tier council tax rises in England

Here is a list of the latest proposed and confirmed council tax rises for 2025/26 by top-tier local authorities in England.

The list has been compiled by the PA news agency and is a snapshot of the figures available as of February 18.

The data covers only the 153 top-tier local authorities in England: County councils, London boroughs, Metropolitan boroughs and unitary authorities.

It does not include lower-tier district councils.

The list is divided into four sections, corresponding to the four types of top-tier authority, with each section arranged alphabetically.

For each authority, the percentage increase in council tax in 2025/26 is given, along with whether this has been confirmed or proposed.

Some 14 top-tier authorities have yet to make public a proposed or confirmed figure.

– County councils

Cambridgeshire (Eastern England): 4.99% confirmed

Derbyshire (East Midlands): 4.99% confirmed

Devon (SW England): 4.99% proposed

East Sussex (SE England): 4.99% confirmed

Essex (Eastern England): 3.75% confirmed

Gloucestershire (SW England): 4.99% proposed

Hampshire (SE England): 4.995% confirmed

Hertfordshire (SE England): 4.99% proposed

Kent (SE England): 4.99% confirmed

Lancashire (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Leicestershire (East Midlands): 4.99% proposed

Lincolnshire (East Midlands): 2.99% proposed

Norfolk (Eastern England): 4.99% proposed

Nottinghamshire (East Midlands): 4.84% proposed

Oxfordshire (SE England): 4.99% confirmed

Staffordshire (West Midlands): 4.99% confirmed

Suffolk (Eastern England): 4.99% confirmed

Surrey (SE England): 4.99% confirmed

Warwickshire (West Midlands): 4.99% confirmed

West Sussex (SE England): 4.99% confirmed

Worcestershire (West Midlands): 4.99% proposed

– London

Barking & Dagenham: 4.99% proposed

Barnet: 4.98% proposed

Bexley: tbc

Brent: 4.99% proposed

Bromley: tbc

Camden: tbc

City of London: tbc

Croydon: 4.99% proposed

Ealing: 4.99% proposed

Enfield: 4.99% proposed

Greenwich: 4.99% proposed

Hackney: tbc

Hammersmith & Fulham: 4.99% proposed

Haringey: 4.99% proposed

Harrow: 4.99% proposed

Havering: 4.99% proposed

Hillingdon: 4.99% proposed

Hounslow: 4.99% proposed

Islington: 4.99% proposed

Kensington & Chelsea: 4.00% proposed

Kingston-upon-Thames: 4.99% proposed

Lambeth: 4.99% proposed

Lewisham: 4.99% proposed

Merton: 4.99% proposed

Newham: 8.99% proposed

Redbridge: tbc

Richmond-upon-Thames: 4.99% proposed

Southwark: 4.99% proposed

Sutton: 4.99% proposed

Tower Hamlets: 4.99% proposed

Waltham Forest: 4.99% proposed

Wandsworth: 2.00% proposed

Westminster: 4.99% proposed

– Metropolitan boroughs

Barnsley (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.90% proposed

Birmingham (West Midlands): 7.49% proposed

Bolton (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Bradford (Yorkshire/Humber): 9.99% proposed

Bury (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Calderdale (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.99% proposed

Coventry (West Midlands): 4.99% proposed

Doncaster (Yorkshire/Humber): 3.99% proposed

Dudley (West Midlands): 4.99% proposed

Gateshead (NE England): 4.99% proposed

Kirklees (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.99% proposed

Knowsley (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Leeds (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.99% proposed

Liverpool (NW England): tbc

Manchester (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Newcastle-upon-Tyne (NE England): 4.99% proposed

North Tyneside (NE England): 4.99% proposed

Oldham (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Rochdale (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Rotherham (Yorkshire/Humber): 3.00% proposed

Salford (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Sandwell (West Midlands): 4.99% proposed

Sefton (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Sheffield (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.99% proposed

Solihull (West Midlands): 4.99% proposed

South Tyneside (NE England): 4.95% proposed

St Helens (NW England): tbc

Stockport (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Sunderland (NE England): 4.99% proposed

Tameside (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Trafford (NW England): 7.49% proposed

Wakefield (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.99% proposed

Walsall (West Midlands): 4.99% proposed

Wigan (NW England): tbc

Wirral (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Wolverhampton (West Midlands): tbc

– Unitary authorities

Bath & North East Somerset (SW England): 4.99% proposed

Bedford (Eastern England): 4.99% confirmed

Blackburn with Darwen (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Blackpool (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole (SW England): 4.99% proposed

Bracknell Forest (SE England): tbc

Brighton & Hove (SE England): 4.99% proposed

Bristol (SW England): 4.99% proposed

Buckinghamshire (SE England): 4.99% proposed

Central Bedfordshire (Eastern England): 4.99% proposed

Cheshire East (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Cheshire West and Chester (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Cornwall (SW England): 4.99% proposed

Cumberland (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Darlington (NE England): 4.99% proposed

Derby (East Midlands): 4.99% proposed

Dorset (SW England): 4.99% confirmed

Durham (NE England): 4.99% proposed

East Riding of Yorkshire (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.99% confirmed

Halton (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Hartlepool (NE England): 4.99% proposed

Herefordshire (West Midlands): 4.99% confirmed

Hull (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.99% proposed

Isle of Wight (SE England): 4.99% proposed

Isles of Scilly (SW England): 4.99% proposed

Leicester (East Midlands): 4.99% proposed

Luton (Eastern England): 4.99% proposed

Medway (SE England): 4.99% proposed

Middlesbrough (NE England): 4.99% proposed

Milton Keynes (SE England): 4.99% proposed

North East Lincolnshire (Yorkshire/Humber): 3.98% proposed

North Lincolnshire (Yorkshire/Humber): tbc

North Northamptonshire (East Midlands): 4.99% proposed

North Somerset (SW England): 4.99% proposed

North Yorkshire (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.99% confirmed

Northumberland (NE England): 4.99% proposed

Nottingham (East Midlands): 4.99% proposed

Peterborough (Eastern England): 4.99% proposed

Plymouth (SW England): 4.99% proposed

Portsmouth (SE England): 4.99% proposed

Reading (SE England): 4.99% proposed

Redcar & Cleveland (NE England): 4.99% proposed

Rutland (East Midlands): 4.99% proposed

Shropshire (West Midlands): 4.99% proposed

Slough (SE England): tbc

Somerset (SW England): 7.50% proposed

South Gloucestershire (SW England): 4.99% proposed

Southampton (SE England): tbc

Southend-on-Sea (Eastern England): 4.99% proposed

Stockton-on-Tees (NE England): 4.95% proposed

Stoke-on-Trent (West Midlands): 4.99% proposed

Swindon (SW England): 4.99% proposed

Telford & Wrekin (West Midlands): 4.99% proposed

Thurrock (Eastern England): 4.99% proposed

Torbay (SW England): 4.75% proposed

Warrington (NW England): 4.98% proposed

West Berkshire (SE England): 4.99% proposed

West Northamptonshire (East Midlands): 4.99% proposed

Westmorland & Furness (NW England): 4.99% proposed

Wiltshire (SW England): 4.50% proposed

Windsor & Maidenhead (SE England): 8.99% proposed

Wokingham (SE England): 4.99% proposed

York (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.99% proposed