Councillors have approved a 4.99 per cent hike to York council tax, with bills set to rise in April.
The increases approved on Thursday as part of City of York Council’s budget for the coming financial year will see council tax for a Band D property rise by £96.99-a-year.
Ruling Labour’s Cllr Jonny Crawshaw said they were reluctantly hiking taxes knowing it would hit already struggling residents and the group supported changes to the way councils raise revenue.
But Liberal Democrat opposition leader Coun Nigel Ayre and Conservative group leader Coun Chris Steward both said the hike followed previous local and national Labour pledges to freeze council tax.
The hiking of the tax comes as part of Budget measures agreed on Thursday which council says is needed to close a forecast financial black hole of up to £10m-a-year.
Council tax hikes come as precepts for the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority, including for fire services, and for North Yorkshire Police are also set to rise.
York council tax 2025/26
| Band | Council tax only | Including precepts |
|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,154.03 | £1,439.29 |
| Band B | £1,346.37 | £1,679.17 |
| Band C | £1,538.71 | £1,919.05 |
| Band D | £1,731.05 | £2,158.93 |
| Band E | £2,115.73 | £2,638.69 |
| Band F | £2,500.41 | £3,118.45 |
| Band G | £2,885.08 | £3,598.22 |
| Band H | £3,462.10 | £4,317.86 |
The police precept is set to rise by £14-a-year, or 4.56 per cent, for a Band D property.
The mayoral general precept will be levied for the first time at a rate of £107.02 for the year for a Band D property.
It will take in the former fire precept which stood at £83.02 for the current financial year.
The precepts come alongside those levied by parish and town councils which are rising by an average of 10.13 per cent though five have frozen theirs for 2025-6.
