Around two-thirds of England’s major councils are set to impose a 5% council tax hike in April, Mirror research reveals. Millions of ratepayers’ bills will tip over £2,000 for the first time as Tory ministers force the burden onto hard-pressed families during the pandemic.
Of 147 English councils that provide social care that we analysed, 93 were planning the maximum 4.99% rise at the time of our research.
A further six were planning a rise of between 4.90% and 4.98% - making a total of 99 that were planning rises virtually at 5%.
Just five councils - Essex, Lincolnshire, Bury, West Berkshire, and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole - were planning rises of less than 2%.
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