How much council tax is going up by in Hull and the East Riding
It's after councils and authorities approved rates for the coming financial year.
Hull and East Riding households in the lowest council tax bands are set for hikes of £29.84 and £31.02 respectively after councils approved rates for the coming financial year.
Households in Band A in Hull and the East Riding, the band with the largest share of homes in each, will pay £1,027.93 and £808.40 respectively.
Band D households are set to pay £44.76 more in Hull and £46.52 more in the East Riding, with yearly bills of £1,541.89 and £1,212.59 respectively.
The increases include ring-fenced hikes for adult social care but exclude precepts for Humberside Police, Humberside Fire and Rescue and town and parish councils.
It comes as Hull City Council approved a 2.99 per cent increase during its yearly budget meeting yesterday (Thursday, February 24).
Cllr Phil Webster, portfolio holder for finance on the Labour-run council, said the hike was needed to cover staff costs and to properly fund adult social care.
East Riding councillors approved Conservative group proposals to increase levies on households there by 3.99 per cent at a meeting on Thursday, February 10.
Council leader Cllr Jonathan Owen said it came amid ongoing financial pressures from coronavirus, the austerity of the previous decade and uncertainty around arrangements for local authority funding going forward.
Meanwhile, the Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner has hiked their precept on households by £9.99, or 4.1 per cent, just shy of the £10 limit before a referendum is required.
Humberside Fire Authority have increased their precept by 1.99 per cent, adding an extra £90.11 a year to a Band D home in Hull on top of council tax.
The hikes come as Band A to D households are set to receive a £150 council tax rebate in April under plans to soften the blow of rocketing energy bills.
Figures show that 99 per cent of Hull homes will receive the rebate, unveiled by Chancellor Rishi Sunak earlier this month, with 121,250 out of 123,020 eligible.
The proportion of homes eligible in the East Riding is 83 per cent of the area’s 159,010 households, or 132,330.
East Riding council tax increases in full:
Valuation 2021/22 cost 2022/23 cost Increase (year)
Band A £777.38 £808.40 £31.02
Band B £906.95 £943.13 £36.18
Band C £1,036.51 £1,077.86 £41.35
Band D £1,166.07 £1,212.59 £46.52
Band E £1,425.20 £1,482.06 £56.86
Band F £1,684.32 £1,751.52 £67.20
Band G £1,943.45 £2,020.99 £77.54
Band H £2,332.14 £2,425.19 £93.05
Hull council tax increases in full:
Valuation 2021/22 cost 2022/23 cost Increase (year)
Band A £998.09 £1,027.93 £29.84
Band B £1,164.43 £1,199.25 £34.82
Band C £1,330.78 £1,370.57 £39.79
Band D £1,497.13 £1,541.89 £44.76
Band E £1,829.83 £1.884.53 £54.70
Band F £2,162.52 £2,227.17 £64.65
Band G £2,495.22 £2,569.82 £74.60
Band H £2,994.26 £3,083.78 £89.52