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Dan Bates: analysing council tax bills across England

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Council tax bills have been issued across England. Local authorities will collect just over £38bn with bills having increased by 4.70% on average in 2026/27.

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Council tax has been the principal source of funding for local government since the coalition government of the early 2010s significantly reduced central grant

Plans to hand mayors a portion of income tax revenues risk funding for richer areas pulling ahead by billions of pounds a year unless carefully designed safeguards are built in, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned.

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