Full list of UK areas where council tax will rise next year - and by how much (Image: Copyright Unknown)

Full list of UK areas where council tax will rise next year - and by how much

Labour-run Nottingham city council issued a Section 114 notice to become the fourth authority in the past 12 months – and the eighth in six years – to declare effective insolvency.

by · Birmingham Live

A full list of places where council tax could rise next year has emerged - and more could yet follow. Labour-run Nottingham city council issued a Section 114 notice to become the fourth authority in the past 12 months – and the eighth in six years – to declare effective insolvency.

Earlier this year fellow bankrupt council Croydon approved a council tax rise of 15 per cent. It has been reported that both Birmingham City Council - which has also issued a Section 114 - and Nottingham could increase theirs by over 10 per cent - but it hasn't been confirmed.

Local Government Information Unit thinktank chief executive Jonathan Carr-West said 12 councils could go bust in 2024-25: “Councils are pulling every lever available to stay afloat: raising council tax, raising charges, cutting services, increasing commercial investments, spending finite reserves and selling assets but it is simply not enough,” he said.

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“No council is immune to the risk of running into financial difficulty. As our worrying survey shows, many now face the prospect of being unable to meet their legal duty to set a balanced budget and having Section 114 reports issued,” said LGA chair Shaun Davies. A Department for Levelling Up spokesperson said: “We have made an extra £5.1bn of funding available to local authorities in the last financial year worth an additional 9.4% in cash terms to budgets.

“Councils are ultimately responsible for the management of their own finances, but we stand ready to talk to any council that is concerned about its financial position.”

List of areas that may see a council tax rise next year

North East

  • North Tyneside - 5%
  • Darlington - 4.99%
  • Sunderland - 4.99%
  • Newcastle - 4.99%
  • Leeds - 4.99%

North West

  • Liverpool Council - 4.99%

South East

  • Swale Council - 2.99%
  • Cambridgeshire - 5%
  • Surrey - has confirmed a rise
  • West Sussex - has confirmed a rise

South West

  • Cornwall - 5%

Midlands

  • Oxfordshire - 4.99%
  • West Berkshire - 4.99%
  • Herefordshire - 4.99%
  • Staffordshire - 4.99%

London

  • Waltham Forest - 5%
  • Croydon Council - 5%