Ministers are working on the basis that councils will increase the rate by 5 per cent a year for the next three years.

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Ministers are working on the basis that councils will increase the rate by 5 per cent a year for the next three years.

As part of the Chancellor's spending plans, the Treasury suggested that local authorities would hike bills by 4.99 per cent a year for the rest of this Parliament.