House of Commons – Nov. 24, 2025 – c.157.4.3

New Clause 2 - Council tax: CAs and CCAs to be subject to same increase as most county and unitary councils “(1) The Local Government Finance Act 1992 is amended as follows. (2) In section 52ZC, after subsection (4) insert— ‘(4A) Where, for the purposes of this section, the Secretary of State determines categories of authority for the year under consideration, one of the categories determined by the Secretary of State must include all mayoral combined authorities and CCAs (‘the CA and CCA category’). (4B) Where the Secretary of State has determined a category that includes the majority of county and unitary councils (“a county and unitary category”), a principle that must be applied to the CA and CAA category is that the means of determining whether the relevant basic amount of council tax is excessive is the same as any means set out in a principle applied to the county and unitary category (but for the purposes of the determination references to any referendum principle for county and unitary councils that specifically relates to expenditure on adult social care should be discounted).’”—(Paul Holmes.)