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2.99% council tax rise passed at County Hall
The Hinckley Times
|March 18, 2026
COUNTY councillors have voted through a 2.99 per cent increase in their share of council tax bills.
The levy adds 97p to a weekly band D bill from April and generates £13 million to help bring down a budget gap of £85 million by 2030, the cabinet said.
The budget includes an extra £127 million investment in services, particularly social care, £48 million of savings and £55 million more to cover price and pay rises.
A £501 million four-year capital pot will pay for improving roads, providing social care accommodation and new school places.
There will be £850,000 more to boost bus services, grit bins, footpath maintenance, grass cutting and weed control, using money from a new £2.5 million service improvement fund.
A projected shortfall of £15 million next year will be met from reserves.
This story is from the March 18, 2026 edition of The Hinckley Times.
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