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 councilsCambridgeshire (Eastern England): 4.99% confirmedDerbyshire (East Midlands): 4.99% confirmedDevon (SW England): 4.99% proposedEast Sussex (SE England): 4.99% confirmedEssex (Eastern England): 3.75% confirmedGloucestershire (SW England): 4.99% proposedHampshire (SE England): 4.995% confirmedHertfordshire (SE England): 4.99% proposedKent (SE England): 4.99% confirmedLancashire (NW England): 4.99% proposedLeicestershire (East Midlands): 4.99% proposedLincolnshire (East Midlands): 2.99% proposedNorfolk (Eastern England): 4.99% proposedNottinghamshire (East Midlands): 4.84% proposedOxfordshire (SE England): 4.99% confirmedStaffordshire (West Midlands): 4.99% confirmedSuffolk (Eastern England): 4.99% confirmedSurrey (SE England): 4.99% confirmedWarwickshire (West Midlands): 4.99% confirmedWest Sussex (SE England): 4.99% confirmedWorcestershire (West Midlands): 4.99% proposed
– LondonBarking & Dagenham: 4.99% proposedBarnet: 4.98% proposedBexley: tbcBrent: 4.99% proposedBromley: tbcCamden: tbcCity of London: tbcCroydon: 4.99% proposedEaling: 4.99% proposedEnfield: 4.99% proposedGreenwich: 4.99% proposedHackney: tbcHammersmith & Fulham: 4.99% proposedHaringey: 4.99% proposedHarrow: 4.99% proposedHavering: 4.99% proposedHillingdon: 4.99% proposedHounslow: 4.99% proposedIslington: 4.99% proposedKensington & Chelsea: 4.00% proposedKingston-upon-Thames: 4.99% proposedLambeth: 4.99% proposedLewisham: 4.99% proposedMerton: 4.99% proposedNewham: 8.99% proposedRedbridge: tbcRichmond-upon-Thames: 4.99% proposedSouthwark: 4.99% proposedSutton: 4.99% proposedTower Hamlets: 4.99% proposedWaltham Forest: 4.99% proposedWandsworth: 2.00% proposedWestminster: 4.99% proposed
– Metropolitan boroughsBarnsley (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.90% proposedBirmingham (West Midlands): 7.49% proposedBolton (NW England): 4.99% proposedBradford (Yorkshire/Humber): 9.99% proposedBury (NW England): 4.99% proposedCalderdale (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.99% proposedCoventry (West Midlands): 4.99% proposedDoncaster (Yorkshire/Humber): 3.99% proposedDudley (West Midlands): 4.99% proposedGateshead (NE England): 4.99% proposedKirklees (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.99% proposedKnowsley (NW England): 4.99% proposedLeeds (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.99% proposedLiverpool (NW England): tbcManchester (NW England): 4.99% proposedNewcastle-upon-Tyne (NE England): 4.99% proposedNorth Tyneside (NE England): 4.99% proposedOldham (NW England): 4.99% proposedRochdale (NW England): 4.99% proposedRotherham (Yorkshire/Humber): 3.00% proposedSalford (NW England): 4.99% proposedSandwell (West Midlands): 4.99% proposedSefton (NW England): 4.99% proposedSheffield (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.99% proposedSolihull (West Midlands): 4.99% proposedSouth Tyneside (NE England): 4.95% proposedSt Helens (NW England): tbcStockport (NW England): 4.99% proposedSunderland (NE England): 4.99% proposedTameside (NW England): 4.99% proposedTrafford (NW England): 7.49% proposedWakefield (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.99% proposedWalsall (West Midlands): 4.99% proposedWigan (NW England): tbcWirral (NW England): 4.99% proposedWolverhampton (West Midlands): tbc
– Unitary authoritiesBath & North East Somerset (SW England): 4.99% proposedBedford (Eastern England): 4.99% confirmedBlackburn with Darwen (NW England): 4.99% proposedBlackpool (NW England): 4.99% proposedBournemouth, Christchurch & Poole (SW England): 4.99% proposedBracknell Forest (SE England): tbcBrighton & Hove (SE England): 4.99% proposedBristol (SW England): 4.99% proposedBuckinghamshire (SE England): 4.99% proposedCentral Bedfordshire (Eastern England): 4.99% proposedCheshire East (NW England): 4.99% proposedCheshire West and Chester (NW England): 4.99% proposedCornwall (SW England): 4.99% proposedCumberland (NW England): 4.99% proposedDarlington (NE England): 4.99% proposedDerby (East Midlands): 4.99% proposedDorset (SW England): 4.99% confirmedDurham (NE England): 4.99% proposedEast Riding of Yorkshire (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.99% confirmedHalton (NW England): 4.99% proposedHartlepool (NE England): 4.99% proposedHerefordshire (West Midlands): 4.99% confirmedHull (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.99% proposedIsle of Wight (SE England): 4.99% proposedIsles of Scilly (SW England): 4.99% proposedLeicester (East Midlands): 4.99% proposedLuton (Eastern England): 4.99% proposedMedway (SE England): 4.99% proposedMiddlesbrough (NE England): 4.99% proposedMilton Keynes (SE England): 4.99% proposedNorth East Lincolnshire (Yorkshire/Humber): 3.98% proposedNorth Lincolnshire (Yorkshire/Humber): tbcNorth Northamptonshire (East Midlands): 4.99% proposedNorth Somerset (SW England): 4.99% proposedNorth Yorkshire (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.99% confirmedNorthumberland (NE England): 4.99% proposedNottingham (East Midlands): 4.99% proposedPeterborough (Eastern England): 4.99% proposedPlymouth (SW England): 4.99% proposedPortsmouth (SE England): 4.99% proposedReading (SE England): 4.99% proposedRedcar & Cleveland (NE England): 4.99% proposedRutland (East Midlands): 4.99% proposedShropshire (West Midlands): 4.99% proposedSlough (SE England): tbcSomerset (SW England): 7.50% proposedSouth Gloucestershire (SW England): 4.99% proposedSouthampton (SE England): tbcSouthend-on-Sea (Eastern England): 4.99% proposedStockton-on-Tees (NE England): 4.95% proposedStoke-on-Trent (West Midlands): 4.99% proposedSwindon (SW England): 4.99% proposedTelford & Wrekin (West Midlands): 4.99% proposedThurrock (Eastern England): 4.99% proposedTorbay (SW England): 4.75% proposedWarrington (NW England): 4.98% proposedWest Berkshire (SE England): 4.99% proposedWest Northamptonshire (East Midlands): 4.99% proposedWestmorland & Furness (NW England): 4.99% proposedWiltshire (SW England): 4.50% proposedWindsor & Maidenhead (SE England): 8.99% proposedWokingham (SE England): 4.99% proposedYork (Yorkshire/Humber): 4.99% proposed
