{"id":817,"date":"2026-02-22T12:48:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T12:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.funsahara.co.uk\/activity\/?p=817"},"modified":"2026-03-01T23:46:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T23:46:56","slug":"uk-council-tax-raise-by-15-to-help-fund-policing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funsahara.co.uk\/activity\/uk-news\/uk-council-tax-raise-by-15-to-help-fund-policing\/","title":{"rendered":"UK council tax raise by \u00a315 to help fund policing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Sadiq Khan has proposed an increase in council tax to fund extra resources for policing to tackle crimes such as phone thefts and boost police activities across London.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The Mayor\u00a0 is moving ahead with the tax hikes to boost police precept component set by local PCCs which is specifically earmarked to prevent local policing cuts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The increase is about \u00a315 extra per Band D household. Similar increases have been set elsewhere, where locals will pay more through council tax to support the police budget.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-2592535078841429\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2592535078841429\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"8326389875\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Police forces in England and Wales are funded through a combination of central government grants and the police precept, a portion of council tax set locally by Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Much of this increase came after central government funding wasn\u2019t covering officer pay and other costs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Rising costs, especially officer pay and inflation, plus ongoing demand for police services mean many forces are choosing to use their allowed council tax flexibility to boost local funding rather than cut services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-2592535078841429\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2592535078841429\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"8326389875\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The Greater London Authority uses council tax income to fund the Metropolitan Police. Record investment plans include council tax-backed funding for policing and crime prevention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">These rises normally translate to a small weekly increase for most households (e.g., about \u00a31\u2013\u00a31.25 per month for a Band D property) but generate substantial funds overall for local forces.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sadiq Khan has proposed an increase in council tax to fund extra resources for policing to tackle crimes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":819,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,21],"tags":[49],"class_list":["post-817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-uk-news","tag-trending"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funsahara.co.uk\/activity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funsahara.co.uk\/activity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funsahara.co.uk\/activity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funsahara.co.uk\/activity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funsahara.co.uk\/activity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=817"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.funsahara.co.uk\/activity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":826,"href":"https:\/\/www.funsahara.co.uk\/activity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817\/revisions\/826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funsahara.co.uk\/activity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funsahara.co.uk\/activity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funsahara.co.uk\/activity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.funsahara.co.uk\/activity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}