Council tax bills rise across Scotland – here's how much more your household is paying
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BILL HIKE Council tax bills rise across Scotland – here's how much more your household is paying
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HOUSEHOLDS across Scotland were hit with the biggest council tax hike in decades back in April.
Families living in all 32 local authorities were hammered with increases of up to 15.6 per cent.
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Typical bills soared by 9.6 per cent, and millions also faced a double whammy when water charges increased by 9.9 per cent.
SNP-run Falkirk Council imposed the biggest hike of 15.61 per cent; however, many other councils also introduced double-digit rises.
This included Aberdeenshire, Angus, Clackmannanshire, East and West Dunbartonshire, East Lothian, Midlothian, Moray, North Lanarkshire, Orkney, Shetland and Borders.
South Lanarkshire council imposed the lowest hikes of 6 per cent.
The Highlands and North Ayrshire increased prices by 7 per cent, and Glasgow and the Western Isles by 7.5 per cent.
The hikes came after Finance Secretary Shona Robison axed a council tax freeze that was set up back in 2023.
The freeze was first introduced by Humza Yousaf when he was First Minister in 2023 in a desperate bid to woo voters.
However, at the time, she insisted she had still given local authorities enough cash to ensure there was 'no big reason' to increase levies.
In her December Budget speech, veteran Cabinet minister Ms Robison had declared: 'With record funding, there is no reason for big increases in council tax next year.'
Here is the full list of how much more each band D property is paying a year in each local authority:
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Aberdeen - £146.72
Aberdeenshire - £139.34
Angus Council - £144.84
Argyll and Bute - £146.44
City of Edinburgh - £115.82
Clackmannanshire - £183.42
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Council of the Western Isles) - £96.81
Dumfries and Galloway - £120.13
Dundee City - £118.91
East Ayrshire - £119
East Dunbartonshire - £183.34
East Lothian - £143.56
East Renfrewshire - £113.22
Falkirk - £212.95
Fife - £113.58
Glasgow City - £112.43
Highlands - £99.90
Inverclyde - £121.53
Midlothian - £151.47
Moray - £143.07
North Ayrshire - £101.65
Rises are all SNP's to own
BY CONOR MATCHETT
ALMOST two decades after promising to scrap the flawed and outdated council tax, the SNP are overseeing the largest increases for 20 years.
John Swinney and his ministers will claim that they have done everything they possibly could to avoid big hikes.
The truth is this year's pain is the fault of their decisions.
Experts agree that Humza Yousaf's move to freeze council tax last year has compounded the misery for 2025.
It helped the richest most and did nothing for his prospects as First Minister.
But don't fall for current First Minister Mr Swinney's spin either.
It is his party which froze council tax for decades. Councils are gasping for more cash to stay afloat.
This year's hikes are solely the SNP's to own.
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