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Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of legislating to enable local authorities in England to adjust council tax rates by increasing them for higher-band proper

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
22 Nov 2024
Target answer date
27 Nov 2024
Answer
27 Nov 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of legislating to enable local authorities in England to adjust council tax rates by increasing them for higher-band proper

  2. 27 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 27 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The government does not have any plans to reform council tax. In line with OBR forecasts made under the previous government, the government will maintain a core 3% referendum principle and a 2% adult social care precept in 2025-26.

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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