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How much more Band D costs than in 2023-24
Typical extra on a Band D bill compared with 2023-24
+£323 a year
The middle (median) English billing authority — across all 296 with 2023-24 and 2026-27 rates on record. Average (mean): +£322. The biggest rise is in Birmingham Council, where Band D is now +£450 a year.
Ranked by how much more a Band D household pays each year now than in 2023-24. Councils that started from a higher bill tend to rise by more in pounds, even when the percentage is similar.
How we got this: we take each council’s 2023-24 and 2026-27headline Band D rate from GOV.UK and subtract one from the other. 296 billing authorities are in the ranking. County councils are not: they do not set the area bill, so there is no area Band D to compare. Councils that started from a higher bill show bigger rises in pounds, even at similar percentages.
Each spring, councils tell people their new Band D rate and the percentage rise. Three years of rises add up faster than they look — a council that raised by 5% three years running is charging 15.8% more, not 15%.
This card shows the story in pounds: how much more a Band D household pays each year now than in 2023-24. The ranked list and the figures above it are worked out from the published rates each time the page is built, so they always match the data on the site.
County councils are not in this ranking. They do not set the area bill — the district council does — so there is no area Band D to compare.
Find your council in the ranked list to see the exact figure. The middle (median) figure across England is shown at the top of this page, worked out from the published rates rather than typed in.
Each year's rise is added on top of the new, higher bill — not the original. So 5% three years running works out at 15.8%, not 15%. That compounding is why the pound figures grow faster than people expect.
Band D council tax rates for 2023-24 and 2026-27 are published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. We take each council's headline figure straight from GOV.UK and subtract one from the other.