PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Second Homes: Council Tax (17 July 2024)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to allow local authorities to increase Council Tax by up to 500% on second homes.
Asked by:
Ben Maguire (Liberal Democrat)
Asked by:
Ben Maguire (Liberal Democrat)
Answer
From April 2025 councils will have the power to charge a premium of up to 100% on second homes.
Future local authority funding decisions will be a matter for the next Spending Review and Local Government Finance Settlement in which we are engaged.
Answered by:
Jim McMahon (Labour)
26 July 2024
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