Under existing rules, councils can raise tax by up to 4.99% without a local referendum. While most authorities have opted for increases at or near this level, a small number have set lower increases, and a handful have been granted permission to exceed the cap. Seven councils were granted this special permission to raise bills by more than 4.99%, including North Somerset, Shropshire and Worcestershire, each approving rises of up to 8.99%. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council set an increase of 6.74%, while Trafford, Warrington and Windsor and Maidenhead approved rises of around 7.5%.

Despite the widespread increases, nearly one in five councils chose to raise council tax by less than the maximum. In Hartlepool, bills will rise by just 1.98%, one of the lowest increases in the country. Other lower rises include 1.99% in Durham and around 2% in several London boroughs, including Wandsworth and Westminster.

Across England, the pattern remains consistent, with most county councils, metropolitan boroughs and unitary authorities implementing rises of 4.99%. London boroughs have largely followed the same approach, with only a handful opting for smaller increases.

With bills set to rise from April, households across England are likely to see higher council tax charges, with the exact increase depending on where they live.

Below is the full list of confirmed increases:

County councils

Cambridgeshire: 4.99%
Derbyshire: 4.90%
Devon: 4.99%
East Sussex: 4.99%
Essex: 3.95%
Gloucestershire: 4.99%
Hampshire: 4.99%
Hertfordshire: 4.99%
Kent: 3.99%
Lancashire: 3.80%
Leicestershire: 2.99%
Lincolnshire: 2.90%
Norfolk: 4.99%
Nottinghamshire: 3.99%
Oxfordshire: 4.99%
Staffordshire: 3.99%
Suffolk: 4.99%
Surrey: 4.99%
Warwickshire: 4.40%
West Sussex: 4.99%
Worcestershire: 8.98%

London boroughs

Barking & Dagenham: 4.99%
Barnet: 4.98%
Bexley: 4.99%
Brent: 4.99%
Bromley: 4.99%
Camden: 4.99%
City of London: 4.99%
Croydon: 4.99%
Ealing: 4.99%
Enfield: 4.99%
Greenwich: 4.99%
Hackney: 4.99%
Hammersmith & Fulham: 4.99%
Haringey: 4.99%
Harrow: 4.99%
Havering: 4.99%
Hillingdon: 4.99%
Hounslow: 4.99%
Islington: 4.99%
Kensington & Chelsea: 4.99%
Kingston-upon-Thames: 4.99%
Lambeth: 4.99%
Lewisham: 4.99%
Merton: 2.00%
Newham: 4.99%
Redbridge: 4.99%
Richmond-upon-Thames: 4.99%
Southwark: 4.99%
Sutton: 4.99%
Tower Hamlets: 4.99%
Waltham Forest: 4.99%
Wandsworth: 2.00%
Westminster: 2.00%

Metropolitan boroughs

Barnsley: 3.40%
Birmingham: 4.99%
Bolton: 4.99%
Bradford: 4.99%
Bury: 4.99%
Calderdale: 4.99%
Coventry: 3.95%
Doncaster: 2.00%
Dudley: 4.99%
Gateshead: 4.99%
Kirklees: 4.99%
Knowsley: 4.99%
Leeds: 4.99%
Liverpool: 4.99%
Manchester: 4.99%
Newcastle-upon-Tyne: 4.99%
North Tyneside: 4.99%
Oldham: 4.99%
Rochdale: 4.99%
Rotherham: 3.95%
Salford: 4.99%
Sandwell: 4.99%
Sefton: 4.99%
Sheffield: 4.99%
Solihull: 4.99%
South Tyneside: 4.95%
St Helens: 4.99%
Stockport: 4.99%
Sunderland: 4.50%
Tameside: 4.99%
Trafford: 7.49%
Wakefield: 4.99%
Walsall: 4.99%
Wigan: 4.99%
Wirral: 4.99%
Wolverhampton: 4.99%

Unitary authorities

Bath & North East Somerset: 4.99%
Bedford: 4.99%
Blackburn with Darwen: 4.99%
Blackpool: 4.99%
Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole: 6.74%
Bracknell Forest: 4.99%
Brighton & Hove: 4.99%
Bristol: 4.99%
Buckinghamshire: 4.99%
Central Bedfordshire: 4.99%
Cheshire East: 4.99%
Cheshire West & Chester: 4.99%
Cornwall: 4.99%
Cumberland: 4.99%
Darlington: 4.99%
Derby: 4.99%
Dorset: 4.99%
Durham: 1.99%
East Riding of Yorkshire: 4.99%
Halton: 4.99%
Hartlepool: 1.98%
Herefordshire: 4.99%
Hull: 4.99%
Isle of Wight: 4.99%
Isles of Scilly: 4.99%
Leicester: 4.99%
Luton: 4.99%
Medway: 4.99%
Middlesbrough: 2.00%
Milton Keynes: 4.99%
North East Lincolnshire: 4.50%
North Lincolnshire: 4.70%
North Northamptonshire: 4.99%
North Somerset: 8.99%
North Yorkshire: 4.99%
Northumberland: 4.99%
Nottingham: 3.50%
Peterborough: 4.99%
Plymouth: 4.99%
Portsmouth: 4.99%
Reading: 4.99%
Redcar & Cleveland: 4.99%
Rutland: 2.00%
Shropshire: 8.99%
Slough: 4.99%
Somerset: 4.99%
South Gloucestershire: 4.99%
Southampton: 4.99%
Southend-on-Sea: 4.99%
Stockton-on-Tees: 4.95%
Stoke-on-Trent: 4.99%
Swindon: 4.99%
Telford & Wrekin: 4.99%
Thurrock: 4.99%
Torbay: 4.99%
Warrington: 7.48%
West Berkshire: 4.99%
West Northamptonshire: 4.95%
Westmorland & Furness: 4.99%
Wiltshire: 4.99%
Windsor & Maidenhead: 7.49%
Wokingham: 4.99%
York: 4.99%