All bills in April 2023 – from energy to municipal tax
The The cost of living crisis is a widespread problem that affects people from all walks of life.
Even people earning a living wage are noticing the hardship, as a range of bills — from lifestyle expenses like gyms to everyday necessities, including many staples — are only expected to get more expensive.
From phone contracts to council taxes, here are all the bills expected to rise from April 2023.
phone bills
Phone bills will rise again this year, although that’s nothing new.
Most phone providers raised their prices every year before the cost-of-living crisis, but with inflation currently well over 10%, this year’s increase is likely to put a bigger dent in your wallet than usual.
Vendors typically base their price increases on either the Consumer Price Index (CPI) or the Retail Price Index (RPI), which are two measures used to calculate inflation.
The CPI (which measures how much the cost of goods and services has increased year-on-year) is currently at 10.1% and the RPI (which measures the change in the cost of property prices and the cost of goods and services) is currently at 13 .4%.
Confirmed phone bill price increases
- EE – Customers can expect their phone bills to increase by 14.4% from March 31. The increase is based on the CPI of 10.5% plus an average increase of 3.9%. EE estimates that this adds up to around £1 a week on average
- O2 – The company has confirmed that prices will increase by 17.3% (RPI rate of 13.4% in January +3.9%) if your contract started after March 25, 2021, or 13.4 % if it started before this date
- Vodafone – customers were informed that prices will increase by 14.4% – the CPI rate + 3.9%
- Three – Customers who joined after November 1, 2022 will see a price increase of 14.4%, those who joined or upgraded between October 29, 2020 and October 31, 2022 will see a price increase of 4.5% see
For more information about these increases and other phone providers, visit our full statement.
council tax
In his fall budget, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced that local councils could increase tax rates by up to 5% without a referendum, while previously they could only increase local taxes by up to 2%.
Although there is no fixed percentage increase across the country and each local council can choose how much to increase their rates by, prices could rise by an average of £75.
Confirmed or Proposed Increases by Region
- Adur – 1.99%
- Ashford – 2.9%
- Barrow in Furness – 2.84%
- Bassetlaw – 4.0%
- Bath and North East Somerset – 4.99%
- Brighton and Hove – 4.99%
- Bedford – 2.90%
- Blaby – 2.99%
- Blackburn and Darwen – 4.99%
- Berkshire (regional) – 6.76%
- Bolton – 6.5%
- Bracknell Forest – 4.99%
- Bradford – 4.99%
- breckland – 4.7%
- Bristol – 5%
- Buckinghamshire – 4.99%
- Calderdale – 4.99%
- Cambridge – 4.99%
- Canterbury – 2.24%
- Chelmsford – 4.0%
- Cheltenham – 2.99%
- Cheshire East – 4.99%
- colchester – 3.0%
- Cornwall – 4.99%
- coventry – 5.0%
- Cumberland Council – 4.99%
- Dakorum – 1.99%
- darlington – 5.0%
- durham – 5%
- Dudley – 4.99%
- East Devon – 3.3%
- East Suffolk – 2.81%
- East Hertfordshire – 3%
- East Lindsey – 5.42%
- Eden – 4.99%
- Gateshead – 4.99%
- Gloucestershire – 2.99%
- Hartlepool – 4.99%
- port city – 2.99%
- Herefordshire – 4.99%
- Hertfordshire – 4.99%
- Hertsmere – 2.99%
- Horsham – 2.99%
- Lancaster – 2.99%
- leeds – 4.99%
- Lincoln – 2.90%
- Luton – 4.99%
- Manchester – 4.99%
- Medway – 5%
- Merton – 2%
- Mole Valley – 2.99%
- Middlesborough – 3.99%
- Newcastle upon Tyne – 1.99%
- Newcastle upon Lyme – 1.99%
- Northeast Lincolnshire – 4.98%
- North Tyneside – 4.99%
- North Somerset – 4.99%
- North Yorkshire – 4.99%
- Norwich – 2.99%
- Nottinghamshire – 4.84%
- Oldham – 3.99%
- Oxford – 4.99%
- Peterborough – 4.99%
- Plymouth – 4.99%
- Portsmouth – 4.99%
- Redcar and Cleveland – 3.99%
- rugby – 2.99%
- Rutland – 4.99%
- Ryedale – 4.99%
- Shropshire – 2.27%
- Solihull – 2.99%
- South Norfolk – 2.99%
- South Tyneside – 4.95%
- St. Helens – 5.00%
- Stratford upon Avon – 3.2%
- swamp – 4.99%
- Staffordshire – 4.99%
- sunderland – 2.99%
- Surrey Heath – 5%
- suffolk – 2.81%
- Sussex – 4.99%
- dough bridge – 2.78%
- thanet – 2.99%
- torbay – 4.99%
- Wakefield – 4.99%
- wallall – 2.99%
- Welwyn Hatfield – 2.97%
- West Oxfordshire – 4.57%
- Wiltshire – 5%
- Windsor and Maidenhead – 4.99%
- wirral – 4.99%
- Worcestershire – 4.94%
energy bills
From April 2023 there will be a further increase in energy prices in the UK when the energy price guarantee ends.
With the end of the guarantee introduced last year, the cap will rise to £3,000 per year (from £2,500).
This cap is based on the consumption of a typical household – if you use more energy than the average household, you pay more than this number.
As of April 2023, the Energy Bills Support Scheme will also be shut down and, for many, ended.
Launched in October 2022, the scheme provided eligible households with a non-refundable payment of £400 to help them with their energy bills between October 2022 and 31 March 2023.
Although the program will remain, support will no longer be available to everyone. There is currently no further information on whether the Energy Bills Support Scheme will be made available to all again next winter when usage is likely to increase.
water bills
The average annual water bill in England and Wales is set to rise by around £31 a year (7.5%) from April, according to the industry body Water UK announced earlier this February.
In Scotland, bills will increase by £19 a year (5%).
An estimated forecast based on data provided to Water UK by water companies shows how much costs could increase depending on the provider, but each person’s individual bills could be higher or lower depending on factors such as your consumption whether you have a water meter and where you live .
Estimated water and sewage costs for 2023/24
- Anglic£492, +£47 YoY (YOY)
- Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water£499, + £14YOY
- Hafen Dyfrdwy£372, + £41 YOY
- Northumbrian£391, + £29 YOY
- Severn Trent£419, + £28YOY
- southwest£476, +£8YOY
- South£439, +£43 yoy
- river thames£456, + £39 YOY
- United Utilities£443, + £26 YOY
- Wessex, £504, +£42 yoy
- Yorkshire£446, + £30 YOY.
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