SLOUGH residents are set to see a massive increase in their council tax bills this year. Here’s how much more it will cost you.

Slough Borough Council will soon raise the levy by 9.99 per cent, which is above the 4.99 per cent legal cap without holding a referendum after the government gave the local authority dispensation.

This means the council tax bill, which includes the fire and police precept, for the average band C household will rise by £154.08 this year, which is about £2.96 a week. If you live in a band E-G household, you will pay over £200, or you could pay over £300 a year if you live in a band H property.

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Of that 9.99 per cent. 7.99 per cent will fund council services, expand the local authority’s council tax reduction scheme, and reduce its £13.4m annual savings by £500,000. The remaining two per cent is earmarked to fund adult social care.

The local authority also collects the precepts set by the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service and Thames Valley Police. Here is how much you will pay in council tax this year:

Depending on where you live in Slough, you could also pay a parish precept that funds the respective parish councils, such as Britwell and Wexham Court.

Here is how much you will pay in council tax by parish area:

It is said the nearly 10 per cent tax rise will raise an additional £3.2m. The council, which effectively declared bankruptcy in 2021, said this increase is needed to boost its council tax base and help fill its financial woes.

The local authority insisted that the borough will still have the third-lowest council tax in Berkshire.

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Slough Borough Council along with cash-strapped Thurrock Borough Council were given the green light by the government to raise council tax by an additional five per cent. Croydon was allowed to raise it by an additional 10 per cent.

Nearly £11m has been allocated to the council tax reduction scheme, which would see reduced bills for approximately 9,300 households on a low income.

The proposed changes to the scheme will mean 5,357 current working-age claimants will pay less in council tax. Of these, 3,552 of the most vulnerable working-age households currently paying 20 per cent towards their council tax would not have to pay any this year.