Council tax increases 2023 – how much more will you pay?

Your council tax bill will go up in April - we reveal the councils that have confirmed what this year’s increase will be.

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Households will face a significant increase in their council tax bill this year, with three quarters of English councils with social care duties planning a 5% hike, according to the County Councils Network (CCN).

The news will come as a blow to households already struggling with higher energy prices, rising interest rates and double-digit inflation.

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RegionExpected or proposed increase
Adur1.99%
Ashfield5.9%
Ashford2.9%
Babergh2.99%
Barnsley3.9%
Barrow-in-Furness2.84%
Basildon2.99%
Bassetlaw4.0%
Bath and North East Somerset4.99%
Bedford2.90%
Berkshire (region-wide)6.76%
Birmingham4.99%
Blaby2.99%
Blackburn and Darwen4.99%
Blackpool£4.99
Bolton3.99%
Bracknell Forest4.99%
Bradford4.99%
Breckland4.7%
Brent2.99%
Brighton and Hove4.99%
Bristol4.99%
Broxbourne4.99%
Buckinghamshire4.99%
Burnsley2.99%
Calderdale4.99%
Cambridgeshire4.99%
Canterbury2.24%
Charnwood3.52%
Chelmsford4.0%
Cheltenham2.99%
Cheshire East4.99%
Cheshire West4.99%
Colchester3%
Cornwall4.99%
Coventry4.99%
Cumberland Council 4.99%
Darlington4.99%
Derbyshire3.75%
Doncaster3.99%
Dorset3.99%
Durham4.99%
Dudley4.99%
East Devon3.3%
East Riding4.99%
East Suffolk2.81%
East Sussex4.99%
East Hertfordshire3%
East Lindsey5.42%
Essex3.5%
Gloucestershire4.99%
Halton4.99%
Hampshire4.99%
Hartlepool4.99%
Harborough2.99%
Herefordshire4.99%
Hertfordshire4.99%
Hertsmere2.99%
Horsham2.99%
Hull4.99%
Isle of Wight4.99%
Kent4.95%
Kingston Upon Thames4.99%
Lancashire3.99%
Lancaster2.99%
Leeds4.99%
Lincolnshire4.99%
Luton4.99%
Manchester4.99%
Medway4.99%
Merton4.99%
Milton Keynes4.99%
Mole Valley2.99%
Middlesborough3.99%
Newcastle2.99%
Norfolk4.99%
North East Lincolnshire4.98%
North Lincolnshire4.99%
North Tyneside4.99%
North Somerset4.99%
North Yorkshire4.99%
North Northamptonshire4.99%
Northumberland4.99%
Norwich2.99%
Nottingham4.99%
Nottinghamshire4.84%
Oldham3.99%
Oxfordshire4.99%
Peterborough4.99%
Plymouth4.99%
Portsmouth4.99%
Redcar and Cleveland3.99%
Rochdale2.99%
Rugby2.99%
Rotherham4.00%
Rutland4.99%
Ryedale4.99%
Salford4.99%
Shropshire4.99%
Solihull4.99%
Somerset4.99%
South Norfolk2.99%
South Tyneside4.95%
Stratford upon Avon3.2%
Slough10%
Staffordshire4.99%
Stockport3.99%
Stockton-on-Tees4.99%
Stoke4.99%
Sunderland2.99%
Surrey2.99%
Suffolk3.99%
Sussex4.99%
Teignbridge2.78%
Telford and Wrekin2.00%
Thanet2.99%
Thurrock10.00%
Torbay4.99%
Trafford4.99%
Wakefield4.99%
Walsall2.99%
Warwickshire3.94%
West Berkshire4.99%
West Northamptonshire4.99%
West Sussex4.99%
Welwyn Hatfield2.97%
West Oxfordshire4.57%
Wiltshire4.99%
Windsor and Maidenhead4.99%
Wirral4.99%
Wokingham4.99%
Worcestershire4.94%
York4.99%
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Nic studied for a BA in journalism at Cardiff University, and has an MA in magazine journalism from City University. She has previously worked for MoneyWeek.