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Households could get £150 energy rebate quicker with direct debit, say councils

Households eligible for a £150 energy rebate payment may get their money more quickly by setting up a direct debit to pay their council tax, the Local Government Association (LGA) has said. Getting the money to council taxpayers without direct debit ...

26 Feb 2022 at 01:25

Scotland

Glasgow announces 3% council tax rise

Glasgow City Council is the latest local authority to announce it is imposing a 3% council tax rise in April. Council tax was frozen across Scotland last year but Finance Secretary Kate Forbes gave local authorities the freedom to increase it as ...

17 Feb 2022 at 19:25

Full list of council tax levels in 2022/23 for local authorities in England

The average Band D council tax set by local authorities in England for 2022/23 is £1,966, up £67 or 3.5% on the previous year, according to data published on Wednesday by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities. This includes ...

30 Mar 2022 at 13:55

Scotland

Scots getting ‘best deal on council tax’ in Britain, SNP MSP says

Scots are getting the “best deal in Britain” when it comes to council tax payments, the SNP has claimed, resulting in households paying hundreds of pounds less than they would south of the border. MSP Kenneth Gibson highlighted the figures ...

04 Apr 2022 at 23:25

Scotland

Alex Salmond urges Scottish Government to fund a council tax freeze

Former first minister, Alex Salmond, has said he can “see no reason” why the current Scottish Government cannot give local government the cash for a council tax freeze to help Scots deal with the current “cost of living crisis”. The ...

31 Jan 2022 at 17:26

Scotland

Students demand inclusion in £150 council tax rebate

Student leaders have called for the £150 council tax rebate designed to help with the cost of living to be extended to students. The president of the National Union of Students (NUS) Scotland said he was “utterly stunned” that ...

11 Feb 2022 at 17:25

David Dimbleby suggests council tax link for BBC licence fee alternative

David Dimbleby has suggested the BBC licence fee should be linked to council tax to make it fairer, as the Government questions future funding of the broadcaster. Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries confirmed at the beginning of ...

21 Jan 2022 at 15:55

Scotland

Tax rises ‘inevitable’ unless council funding goes up

The Scottish Government has been accused of “pernicious” cuts to local authority funding that will lead to services being cut or a sharp rise in council tax. Debating the proposed funding allocation at Holyrood, opposition ...

19 Jan 2022 at 18:26

2.7m households yet to receive £150 council tax rebate at end of July

Some 2.7 million eligible households in England had yet to receive a £150 council tax rebate from the Government to help with the cost of living at the end of July. Figures published on Thursday showed that 16.6 million ...

01 Sept 2022 at 12:53

Scotland

Households save £3 billion thanks to Council Tax Reduction scheme

Scots have saved more than £3 billion over the last decade thanks to a scheme that reduces council tax payments for some. The Council Tax Reduction scheme will mark its 10th anniversary in April 2023, with figures from ...

28 Dec 2022 at 00:01

Warning of service cuts despite 5% increase in average council tax bills

Annual council tax bills in England will rise by an average of 5.1% in April, as England’s local authorities warn of cuts to key services due to unprecedented financial pressures. Government figures released on ...

23 Mar 2023 at 13:58

Scotland

Scotland ‘closer than ever’ to scrapping council tax, Green MSP insists

An alternative system to replace council tax in Scotland could be developed before the next Holyrood elections in 2026, Green finance spokesman Ross Greer said. The Greens hope the council tax system can be ...

25 Mar 2023 at 15:04

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