Cost of living · MHCLG · Latest published: Year ending March 2027
Band D council tax by local authority, ranked
Every area with a published figure, in order of band d council tax, £ a year, lowest first, because this layer states that lower is better. Equal figures share a rank and are printed as ties; the order within a tie is alphabetical and means nothing.
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How this ranking is made
Band D council tax, £ a year: the published figure for the area, unchanged.. The Band D council tax set by each billing authority in England for the year ahead, from MHCLG's council tax levels tables: the bill for a Band D home including precepts for police, fire and the Greater London Authority where they apply, before any discount.
Source: MHCLG: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 · 2026 to 2027, released 2026-03-25. Boundaries: 2025-05 BGC v2 LAD_MAY_2025_UK_BGC_V2. Percentiles are calculated across the whole UK, so they do not change when the table is filtered to one nation. A ranking compares areas of very different sizes and populations; the figure is the publisher’s own, and its rank is Civometry’s ordering of those published figures.