Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the level of council tax increases.

Council tax decisions are and have always been for local authorities to take, but the Government maintains a referendum thresholds so that residents can have the final say over excessive increases. Each council is responsible for designing its own Local Council Tax Support scheme to provide help to council tax payers who might otherwise struggle to pay their bills. The Government has also provided councils with £100 million of additional funding to help vulnerable households with their bills in 2023-24.