Average households will pay £2,000 a year in council tax from April, as it emerged one in three homes will have their government rebate effectively halved by new rises. 

“Band D” council tax in England – the standard measure for the levy – will rise by 3.5pc to £1,966 this year, up from £1,898 – a £67 jump, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities has said. 

Some areas will pay far more. Almost a third of band D households will pay at least £75 more in local levies from April, meaning they will lose at least half of the Chancellor’s £150 tax rebate announced in February, according to analysis of official figures.

Residents of Rutland will see their bills rise the most out of all band D homes, jumping £105 to £2,300. It means 70pc of the council tax rebate they will receive in April will be lost. 

Council tax has risen every year since 2011.