Council tax bills in York are set to rise by 5% after the city's authority agreed an increase which would add an extra £90 to the average annual Band D payment. The council's ruling executive board met to debate the next Budget on Tuesday and proposed a raft of measures to generate revenue and plug shortfalls.

A bankrupt Labour-run council is plotting a 10pc council tax increase amid an ongoing bin crew strike and growing rat problem.

Plans to raise council tax in Bradford by almost 15% have been finalised ahead of being sent for government approval. The Labour-run authority is seeking the increase as part of efforts to plug a £50m annual hole in its finances.

More than 300 households in Kirklees have successfully appealed to get their council tax bills reduced. New figures show that 350 households in Kirklees were among 10,500 across the country to successfully appeal their council tax band.