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The tax rise is the maximum allowed without triggering a local referendum [BBC] Nottingham City Council is set to increase its share of council tax by 4.99% from April, it has been confirmed.
Council Tax is a local taxation system used in England, Scotland and Wales. It is a tax on domestic property, which was introduced in 1993 by the Local Government Finance Act 1992, replacing the short-lived Community Charge (also known as "poll tax"), which in turn replaced the domestic rates.
Nottingham has had a council from medieval times, which has been reformed on numerous occasions. Since 1998 the council has been a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council. Since 2024 the council has been a member of the East Midlands Combined County Authority.
The UK government confirms it will stick with the current cap on Council Tax rises, meaning Council Taxes in England will increase by up to 5% in April 2025. [441] 15 November – Four teenagers and a man are convicted of the January 2024 murders of friends Mason Rist and Max Dixon in Bristol following a case of mistaken identity. [442]
A cash-strapped local authority is proposing to increase council tax by up to almost 15% from April. ... spending by £48m in 2024/25 with a further £40m of savings needed next year and £50m in ...
Rates in England and Wales in 1990 were briefly replaced with the Community Charge (so called "poll tax"), a fixed tax per head that was the same for everyone within a council area, a figure that could differ greatly per local authority.
In the financial year 2019/20, local authorities received 22% of their funding from grants, 52% from council tax and 27% from retained business rates. [61] In the financial year 2023/24, 51% of revenue expenditure is expected to come from UK Government grants, 31% from council tax and 15% from retained business rates. [27]
Nottingham City Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Nottingham in Nottinghamshire, England. Until 1 April 1998 it was a non-metropolitan district . Since the last boundary changes in 2019, 55 councillors are elected from 20 wards .