Fenland households are due to see their council tax cut after a four-year freeze. 

Councillors will discuss reducing Fenland District Council’s (FDC) portion of the council tax bill by two per cent for the 2023-24 financial year at a full council meeting today (Monday). 

If approved, residents are due to save more than £162,000. 

Cllr Chris Boden, leader of FDC, said that in July 2019, councillors agreed that raising council tax in the following four years would be “a last resort to minimise the financial impact of council tax on all of Fenland’s households. 

“We are one of very few councils in the country with a council tax record like ours, and we are incredibly proud of the fact.”  

The two per cent reduction would mean Band D households would pay £255.24 a year for FDC’s services, down from £260.46 in 2022-23. 

Although council members had committed to freezing council tax for 2023-24, FDC say raising the precept by 2.97 per cent would equate to an additional cost of £241,000 to taxpayers. 

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Cllr Boden added: “Thanks to good financial management, we’ve been able to achieve this while still delivering excellent services for local people.” 

Last month, FDC sent a public consultation to residents asking for their views on the council’s draft budget last month, which included plans to freeze council tax for a fifth successive year. 

However, residents will see an increase in their overall council tax bill due to proposed rises from other authorities including Cambridgeshire County Council, Cambridgeshire Police and the county’s Combined Authority.