One in 10 households could soon be walloped with a massive £3,000 council tax bill after Keir Starmer gave permission for the charge to be increased by nearly three times the inflation rate.
If the five per cent cap is maintained, the amount paid by an average household could increase by £109 to a total of £2,280 by April.
The situation is a stark contrast to six years ago when not a single property in England faced a bill of more than £4,000.
But the new charges have now become a reality for 139,000 homeowners – a tally that could almost triple to 375,000 next April.
By 2025-26, 2.5 million families could be paying £3,000 – a rate that over 436,000 pay already.
The new rates would represent 9.6 per cent of all households.
Housing Minister, Matthew Pennycook was asked in the Commons last week whether the Government would consider imposing extra council tax bands on larger properties – a move the Greenwich and Woolwich MP did not rule the move out.
He said such matters would be…
