| Heading: |
Council Tax |
| Question ID: |
1814670 |
| UIN: |
61335 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-19 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5041 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Shaun Davies
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Shaun Davies
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| Member interest: |
true |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to enable upper-tier councils to increase council tax bills by a set amount rather than a fixed percentage through future reviews of local government funding. |
| Is named day: |
true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-26 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4569 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Jim McMahon
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| Answering Member handle: |
JimfromOldham
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@JimfromOldham
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| Answer text: |
As an important part of local democracy and accountability, it is for individual councils to set their own level of council tax. The Spending Review assumed 5% council tax increases over the period made up of a 3% core referendum principle and a 2% adult ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
7 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
| Tweeted: |
true |