State pensioners call to be exempt from council tax as ‘enormous outgoing’ rise | Personal Finance | Finance

While @nistaleos remarked: “Pensioners are already having to sell their homes due to the huge council tax bills, adding to the care crisis. 30 percent of my pension goes to pay council tax.”

From April 1, millions of households saw a five percent rise on the compulsory charge.

For example, in England, if someone were paying the average Band D council tax of £1,966 a year, with a five percent increase, this would mean an extra £98.30 paid across the year.

Councils are able to levy a maximum of a 4.99 percent increase in council tax without a local vote, with many local councils opting to do so this year.

However, some councils have been given special dispensation to raise council tax higher, according to the County Councils Network.