Mapping: How much council tax will rise in your area this year

Council tax will rise by an average of £106 a year this year as local authorities struggle to deliver frontline services, latest figures show.

According to statistics released by the Department of Upgrading, Housing and Housing, with all 153 upper-tier councils adopting some or all of the 2% social care rule, the average cost of a Class D property will increase by 5% to £2,171. Community Showcase.

This means councils in England have an overall requirement of £41.2bn, an increase of £2.5bn on 2023/24, while average annual bills have risen by 20% since 2020/21.

independent This interactive map has been compiled below showing the average council tax across all councils in England.

Lighter areas on the map show councils with the lowest taxes, while darker shading shows councils with the highest tax burdens.

exist London The average annual bill for a Class D property will be £1,422, a 5% increase on 2023/24.

metropolitan area Bills outside London will rise by an average of 5.4% a year to £1,837, while bills in single counties without constituencies will rise by 5% to £1,886.

Meanwhile, the average bill elsewhere County area It will increase by 5% to £1,643, with areas in these areas receiving an additional £266.

Councils have warned that despite a recent £600m increase in available funding, they face difficult trade-offs as local authorities are chronically cash-strapped.

Annual council tax increases remained below 1% between 2010 and 2015, but rose to 5% for the first time in 2018/19.

Currently, upper councils are not allowed to increase council tax above 4.99% without approval in a local referendum, which includes social care rules.

Total diocesan ordination will reach £783 million in 2024/25, an increase of £75 million on 2023/24.

Some councils in serious financial difficulty have received government permission to increase council tax above the 4.99% threshold.

Over the past six years, eight local authorities have issued Section 114 notices, which are effectively declarations of bankruptcy. Before 2018, the last time Parliament was forced to do this was in 2000.

Birmingham City Council has approved a 9.99% rise in prices, taking the annual bill for a Class D property to £1,793.

Shaun Davies, Labor chairman of the Local Government Association, said councils were in a precarious position at the start of the financial year and had cut or closed a wide range of services.

“This means many people are once again faced with the difficult choice of raising bills to raise much-needed funds,” he said.

“In the face of unprecedented cost and demand pressures, it is unsustainable to expect them to continue to do more with less.

“Leaving councils on a financial drip has led to a steady erosion of local services. Local authorities need greater funding certainty through multi-year settlements to prevent this continued decline.”

Additional report by PA