Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 99293

Council Tax

Tabled: 11 December 2025
Answered: 22 December 2025

Question

Shivani Raja

ConservativeLeicester East

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of above inflation council tax increases on the delivery of local public services in a) England and b) Leicester.

Answer

Alison McGovern
The Department has not made specific assessments on the impacts of council tax increases on the delivery of local public services. It is for individual councils to set their own level of council tax. The government intends to maintain a core 3% referendum...

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