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Nottinghamshire County Council tax proposed to rise by just under 5%




Residents could pay between £58 and £174 more each year as a council plans to raise its tax by nearly 5%.

Nottinghamshire County Council has proposed a 4.84% rise for the year beginning April 2025 for its part of household tax bills.

The rise is 0.15% below the 4.99% maximum amount the Government allows councils to increase taxes by.

County Hall, headquarters of Nottinghamshire County Council. Photo: LDRS
County Hall, headquarters of Nottinghamshire County Council. Photo: LDRS

It would include a 2.84% council tax increase and a 2% adult social care precept, which would contribute to the council’s proposed total revenue budget of £668.4m for the 2025-26 financial year.

Richard Jackson, cabinet member for finance, told the LDRS: “We recognise the cost of living and pressures across the county.

“The government made it clear they expect councils to go up to 5%, we were determined to keep it below five — I’m pleased we’ve managed to do so.”

For Band A and B properties — 59% of Nottinghamshire homes — the increase would equate to less than £1.20 extra each week.

The full proposed county council tax increases are: Band A properties will pay £58.31 more for the year, with Band B paying £68.02 more, Band C paying £77.75 more, Band D paying £87.46 more, Band E paying £106.90 more, Band F paying £126.33 more, Band G paying £145.77 more and Band H paying £174.92 more.

The authority’s budget gap is expected to be a shortfall of £21.8 million by 2028. It was previously anticipating a funding shortfall between 2025 to 2028 of up to £36 million.

Mr Jackson added: “We’re not immune to inflation, inflation has stayed higher than anyone expected.

“We set the budget, we’ve had to take a middle approach to that, but we push back on inflationary pressures all the time.

“Also a lot of our ongoing contracts are inflation — proofed in how we procure things, particularly energy, we have a good track record of buying energy at the right place and time to lock in the price.”

Due to increased minimum wage and employers’ National Insurance contributions announced in Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ budget in October 2024, the council said it is looking at a £7.1million extra cost on adult social care alone over the next financial year.

David Martin, speaking to the LDRS on behalf of the Nottinghamshire County Independent Group, said: “Residents are about to see their council tax going up yet again for the fourth consecutive year, this time by close to £90 a year. Putting council tax up 4.84% and not by the maximum 4.99% a year is a difference of £2.89.

“This is no cause for celebration. This is not even enough to buy a single bus ticket from Selston to Nottingham — it won’t even save taxpayers a penny a day. Celebrating this as an achievement is an insult to hard-pressed council tax payers.

“The Conservatives need to drop the rhetoric and cut the spin. Since they took over this council in 2017, council tax has risen £351.88 a year for the average council tax payer.”

He stated the independent group would oppose the rise.

Kate Foale, leader of the Labour Group at the council, added: “Even as they raise council tax on local residents, the Tories still come up millions of pounds short after over a decade of chronic underfunding of councils by the last Conservative government.

“I’ve lost track of how many financial projections we’ve had from this Tory administration in the last year. It is, however, no coincidence that with a Labour government increasing council spending power, the medium-term shortfall is less than a third of what it was under Rishi Sunak.

“We finally have a government that understands councils and wants Nottinghamshire to thrive.”

The planned increase must now go before a council cabinet meeting and then a full council meeting for approval.

Total household council tax bills for Nottinghamshire residents include precepts from the county council, district or borough councils, town or parish councils, as well as the police and fire service, and the final costs will be known in March.



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