All news on the topic: Council tax

The ad, shared on SpareRoom, offered a bargain price for London - but was slammed by room hunters who called it 'criminal' and posted their outrage online

Rob Trewhella, 67, says all the money he gets through his State Pension is spent on his rent, council tax and electricity - forcing him to take a job as a taxi driver to survive

The Punch and Judy show in Eastbourne has entertained tourists for more than 120 years but now the council says that it cannot afford to keep funding it during the summer

Residents say they are baffled after Gloucestershire County Council could 'only afford' to repair a stretch of their pothole-filled road in Cheltenham - leaving most of it still full of defects

Deen Adam was bemused to open a letter from an agency, working on behalf of Birmingham City Council, demanding he pay the authority £514 for alleged missed payments in 2006.

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The majority of households in England will see their council tax soar by up to 5% on April 1. Use our handy calculator to see how your bills will be affected this year

The majority of cash-strapped local authorities in England are planning to hike council tax in April as they struggle to stay afloat after years of squeezed funding

Figures buried in Office for Budget Responsibility documents suggest the amount raised from council tax is set to reach £57.4billion - double what is was under Labour

One woman wants compensation for the increased load of unpaid labour (cooking, cleaning etc) she has to do now her husband is working overtime at the weekend - but her demands have sparked debate online

A woman whose mortgage is fully paid off after her divorce has asked her partner to pay rent if and when he moves into the property, but it went down like a ton of bricks

TikTok user Josh Kerr found it is cheaper to go on a 5* holiday in Turkey than rent in Manchester and shared the revelation in a viral video that's racked up 530,000 views

In a speech to the Labour Local Government Conference in Warwick, the Deputy Labour Leader will say the “biggest obstacle to resolving the crisis” in local government is the Conservative Party

Mirror Money has compiled a full list of councils that have either confirmed or submitted proposals or consultations to hike their council tax bills by up to 5% - or even more - in April this year

Council tax discounts for people who have been diagnosed by a doctor as “severely mentally impaired” or SMI are often missed - so we explain who may qualify for the reduction and how to apply

Local authority leaders in England are expected to make the maximum 4.99% hike to council tax in April, in a move that would slap around £100 on the average bills

Since 2010 when the Tories first came into government there have been swingeing cuts to local authorities which have seen services like bin collections, bus routes and school crossing patrols take a hit

Consumer group Which? is urging UK businesses to support people struggling with the cost-of-living crisis, as one in six "stressed" renters miss "essential" payments every month.

The British Property Federation has called on the next government to pour up to an extra £14 billion into affordable homes to ensure 145,000 are built every year

Council tax is normally split over ten months instead of 12 - you pay from April to the following January, then you get February and March off

The Northern Powerhouse Partnership said the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt must overhaul the 'actively regressive' and 'broken' council tax model based on 1991 valuations of homes

The viewer, known only as John, found out his mum was eligible for a severe mental impairment (SMI) discount after watching a previous episode of the Martin Lewis Money Show

The rise in referrals between April and October 2023 compared to the same period the previous year was uncovered by a Freedom of Information request by the BBC's File on 4 programme

The centre of Jeremy Southgate’s crime empire was a sham estate agent business in Hull where all the houses for rent were fake, with images in the window cut from magazines