As councils struggle with record levels of debt, local taxes are expected to rise by the maximum amount from next April
revealed that more than three million people have been taken to court for council tax debt in some of the poorest parts of the country over two years.
Peter Tutton, head of policy at debt charity, StepChange, added: “A third of StepChange clients with council tax bills are already in arrears and councils will sometimes quickly escalate to enforcement, including bailiffs. “Our last financial settlement for councils meant that local authorities saw an increase in Core Spending Power of up to £5.1bn or 9.4 per cent in cash terms in 2022/23.
However, during Labour’s 13 years in power between 1997 and 2010, average Band D Council Tax bills jumped from £688 to £1,439, or by 109 per cent. The Goverment uses the Band D rate as its standard metric for comparing council tax levels, claiming it is more reliable than other methods. The Labour party instead uses the per dwelling calculation, as per last year’s Labour LGA analysis when the same conversation was raised between the two parties.
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