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Council Tax

Asked by Shaun DaviesLabourMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 9 September 2024UIN 3312

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will allow upper tier councils to increase council tax by a set cash amount.

Answered by Jim McMahon

Council tax levels are decided by individual local authorities. Decisions on future local authority funding will be a matter for the next Spending Review and Local Government Finance Settlement.

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