Council tax, broadband, and dental charges: how to weather the April price rises

The average council tax bill rise for 2024-25 pushed through by local authorities in England is just over 5%, ‘the largest increase in cash terms since 2003-04’. Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA

UK inflation may have fallen to a two-and-a-half-year low of 3.4%, but there are an awful lot of things that are going up in price on 1 April, with some chunky rises about to take effect.

Council tax bills will increase for millions of households, and a swathe of other bills – from car tax and stamps to NHS dental charges – will become more expensive.