Dan Peters 20 January 2025

Local authorities ask permission to raise council tax above referendum threshold

More councils have pleaded with ministers to increase their council tax above the 5% referendum limit without holding a poll, it has emerged.

Last month Windsor & Maidenhead BC warned a section 114 notice was ‘almost inevitable' if it was blocked from raising council tax by a quarter.

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