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Full list of proposed and confirmed top-tier council tax rises in England

Almost every council in England has either proposed or confirmed its council tax increase for 2025/26.

By contributor Ian Jones and Jonathan Bunn, PA
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A council tax bill and some pound coins
Most upper-tier councils in England are proposing to raise council tax by the maximum 4.99% in 2025/26 (Gordon Marino/Alamy)

Here is a list of the latest proposed and confirmed council tax rises for 2025/26 by top-tier local authorities in England.

The list has been compiled by the PA news agency and is a snapshot of the figures available as of February 18.

The data covers only the 153 top-tier local authorities in England: County councils, London boroughs, Metropolitan boroughs and unitary authorities.

It does not include lower-tier district councils.

The list is divided into four sections, corresponding to the four types of top-tier authority, with each section arranged alphabetically.

For each authority, the percentage increase in council tax in 2025/26 is given, along with whether this has been confirmed or proposed.

Some 14 top-tier authorities have yet to make public a proposed or confirmed figure.

– County councils
Cambridgeshire (Eastern England): 4.99% confirmed
Derbyshire (East Midlands): 4.99% confirmed
Devon (SW England): 4.99% proposed
East Sussex (SE England): 4.99% confirmed
Essex (Eastern England): 3.75% confirmed
Gloucestershire (SW England): 4.99% proposed
Hampshire (SE England): 4.995% confirmed
Hertfordshire (SE England): 4.99% proposed
Kent (SE England): 4.99% confirmed
Lancashire (NW England): 4.99% proposed
Leicestershire (East Midlands): 4.99% proposed
Lincolnshire (East Midlands): 2.99% proposed
Norfolk (Eastern England): 4.99% proposed
Nottinghamshire (East Midlands): 4.84% proposed
Oxfordshire (SE England): 4.99% confirmed
Staffordshire (West Midlands): 4.99% confirmed
Suffolk (Eastern England): 4.99% confirmed
Surrey (SE England): 4.99% confirmed
Warwickshire (West Midlands): 4.99% confirmed
West Sussex (SE England): 4.99% confirmed
Worcestershire (West Midlands): 4.99% proposed

– London
Barking & Dagenham: 4.99% proposed
Barnet: 4.98% proposed
Bexley: tbc
Brent: 4.99% proposed
Bromley: tbc
Camden: tbc
City of London: tbc
Croydon: 4.99% proposed
Ealing: 4.99% proposed
Enfield: 4.99% proposed
Greenwich: 4.99% proposed
Hackney: tbc
Hammersmith & Fulham: 4.99% proposed
Haringey: 4.99% proposed
Harrow: 4.99% proposed
Havering: 4.99% proposed
Hillingdon: 4.99% proposed
Hounslow: 4.99% proposed
Islington: 4.99% proposed
Kensington & Chelsea: 4.00% proposed
Kingston-upon-Thames: 4.99% proposed
Lambeth: 4.99% proposed
Lewisham: 4.99% proposed
Merton: 4.99% proposed
Newham: 8.99% proposed
Redbridge: tbc
Richmond-upon-Thames: 4.99% proposed
Southwark: 4.99% proposed
Sutton: 4.99% proposed
Tower Hamlets: 4.99% proposed
Waltham Forest: 4.99% proposed
Wandsworth: 2.00% proposed
Westminster: 4.99% proposed

– Metropolitan boroughs
Barnsley (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.90% proposed
Birmingham (West Midlands): 7.49% proposed
Bolton (NW England): 4.99% proposed
Bradford (Yorkshire/Humber): 9.99% proposed
Bury (NW England): 4.99% proposed
Calderdale (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.99% proposed
Coventry (West Midlands): 4.99% proposed
Doncaster (Yorkshire/Humber): 3.99% proposed
Dudley (West Midlands): 4.99% proposed
Gateshead (NE England): 4.99% proposed
Kirklees (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.99% proposed
Knowsley (NW England): 4.99% proposed
Leeds (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.99% proposed
Liverpool (NW England): tbc
Manchester (NW England): 4.99% proposed
Newcastle-upon-Tyne (NE England): 4.99% proposed
North Tyneside (NE England): 4.99% proposed
Oldham (NW England): 4.99% proposed
Rochdale (NW England): 4.99% proposed
Rotherham (Yorkshire/Humber): 3.00% proposed
Salford (NW England): 4.99% proposed
Sandwell (West Midlands): 4.99% proposed
Sefton (NW England): 4.99% proposed
Sheffield (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.99% proposed
Solihull (West Midlands): 4.99% proposed
South Tyneside (NE England): 4.95% proposed
St Helens (NW England): tbc
Stockport (NW England): 4.99% proposed
Sunderland (NE England): 4.99% proposed
Tameside (NW England): 4.99% proposed
Trafford (NW England): 7.49% proposed
Wakefield (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.99% proposed
Walsall (West Midlands): 4.99% proposed
Wigan (NW England): tbc
Wirral (NW England): 4.99% proposed
Wolverhampton (West Midlands): tbc

– Unitary authorities
Bath & North East Somerset (SW England): 4.99% proposed
Bedford (Eastern England): 4.99% confirmed
Blackburn with Darwen (NW England): 4.99% proposed
Blackpool (NW England): 4.99% proposed
Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole (SW England): 4.99% proposed
Bracknell Forest (SE England): tbc
Brighton & Hove (SE England): 4.99% proposed
Bristol (SW England): 4.99% proposed
Buckinghamshire (SE England): 4.99% proposed
Central Bedfordshire (Eastern England): 4.99% proposed
Cheshire East (NW England): 4.99% proposed
Cheshire West and Chester (NW England): 4.99% proposed
Cornwall (SW England): 4.99% proposed
Cumberland (NW England): 4.99% proposed
Darlington (NE England): 4.99% proposed
Derby (East Midlands): 4.99% proposed
Dorset (SW England): 4.99% confirmed
Durham (NE England): 4.99% proposed
East Riding of Yorkshire (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.99% confirmed
Halton (NW England): 4.99% proposed
Hartlepool (NE England): 4.99% proposed
Herefordshire (West Midlands): 4.99% confirmed
Hull (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.99% proposed
Isle of Wight (SE England): 4.99% proposed
Isles of Scilly (SW England): 4.99% proposed
Leicester (East Midlands): 4.99% proposed
Luton (Eastern England): 4.99% proposed
Medway (SE England): 4.99% proposed
Middlesbrough (NE England): 4.99% proposed
Milton Keynes (SE England): 4.99% proposed
North East Lincolnshire (Yorkshire/Humber): 3.98% proposed
North Lincolnshire (Yorkshire/Humber): tbc
North Northamptonshire (East Midlands): 4.99% proposed
North Somerset (SW England): 4.99% proposed
North Yorkshire (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.99% confirmed
Northumberland (NE England): 4.99% proposed
Nottingham (East Midlands): 4.99% proposed
Peterborough (Eastern England): 4.99% proposed
Plymouth (SW England): 4.99% proposed
Portsmouth (SE England): 4.99% proposed
Reading (SE England): 4.99% proposed
Redcar & Cleveland (NE England): 4.99% proposed
Rutland (East Midlands): 4.99% proposed
Shropshire (West Midlands): 4.99% proposed
Slough (SE England): tbc
Somerset (SW England): 7.50% proposed
South Gloucestershire (SW England): 4.99% proposed
Southampton (SE England): tbc
Southend-on-Sea (Eastern England): 4.99% proposed
Stockton-on-Tees (NE England): 4.95% proposed
Stoke-on-Trent (West Midlands): 4.99% proposed
Swindon (SW England): 4.99% proposed
Telford & Wrekin (West Midlands): 4.99% proposed
Thurrock (Eastern England): 4.99% proposed
Torbay (SW England): 4.75% proposed
Warrington (NW England): 4.98% proposed
West Berkshire (SE England): 4.99% proposed
West Northamptonshire (East Midlands): 4.99% proposed
Westmorland & Furness (NW England): 4.99% proposed
Wiltshire (SW England): 4.50% proposed
Windsor & Maidenhead (SE England): 8.99% proposed
Wokingham (SE England): 4.99% proposed
York (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.99% proposed

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