Council tax bills for villagers set for 5 per cent rise in April

The council meet tonight to agree their budget for 2023/24 with the authority also needing to implement £14m of cuts including more than 30 job losses to balance the books.

Budget papers published ahead of the meeting say the basic element of council tax is set to rise by 2.99 per cent, the maximum allowed.

On top of that there will be a further two per cent increase for the adult social care precept, ring fenced funding to help…