Seven bills due to going in April

The cost of energy is one of the several bills that will apply at the beginning of some commentators described as “terrible April”.

The exact amount you paid will depend on your personal circumstances, and where you live.

Although the minimum wage will increase from April, and an average wage is beating inflation, domestic finance may still come under additional pressure.

There are seven methods in which you can be affected.

Water bills for homes are due to an average of more than £ 10 per month in England and Wales, but there is Great variation on the basis of company,

For example, the annual Southern Water Bill will increase from 47% to £ 703, while Anglian water customers will pay 19% more or £ 626.

Whether or not the houses have one meter, of which water is used, also includes, which will also affect the bills, which are being front-loaded for the next five years, which means that the large in April Growth is coming.

Water companies in England and Wales have said that there is a need to increase in infrastructure including sewage and increase more reservoirs.

In Scotland, the water bill has increased by about 10%. Scottish water, which is a public body, said that expenses were required to face the duration of “dried and intense rainfall” brought by climate change.

In northern Ireland, domestic customers are not billed for water, with a system funded by the developed government.

The annual energy bill for home using a specific amount of gas and electricity will increase from April to £ 111 per year to £ 1,849.

Regulator OFGEM increased the energy price cap due to high wholesale costs and inflation.

The cap is set every three months and the amount can charge suppliers for each unit of gas and electricity, but not the total bill, so if you use more, you will pay more.

It affects 22 million houses in England, Wales and Scotland.

Permanent fees – fixed fees for joining gas and power supply – are re -growing for gas but are falling for electricity, but it depends on where you live.

Ofgem is suggesting that a certain tariff has been considered in homes, even if there is speculation in prices in July.

If you live in England, Wales or Scotland, your council tax will go above April.

In England, local officials with the responsibility of social care can increase the council tax to 4.99% every year, without triggering the referendum or local vote.

Bills in small councils can increase by 2.99%without social care duties.

For 2025-26, The government is allowing Bradford, Newahm, Birmingham, Summerset and Windsor and Medenhead To Bypass 4.99% CapWhich means that they can increase the council tax.

Council tax rates in Scotland have been frozen or limited since 2007, but they are expected to go up in April, More than 10% in some cases,

The Scottish government says it is offering additional £ 1BN to local authorities in 2025-26 to help reduce any growth scale.

In Wales, council tax rates in some areas may jump up to 15%. Local authorities were given £ 253M by Welsh government in their draft budget, but Council leaders say more money is needed,

Northern Ireland Uses a domestic rates system Instead of council tax. All councils of Northern Ireland have reported DThe ISTRICT rate increases for the next year.

The standard rate of tax for registered cars after April 2017, increases from £ 5 to £ 195 per year. According to RAC, If you were first used before 2017, you can pay less or less.

The exact amount for your road tax will depend on the year in which your car was registered and what type of fuel it uses.

A major change is that electric vehicles (EVS) will no longer get tax exemption. The EVS registered from April 2025 will pay the lowest rate of £ 10 in the first year, then at the standard rate. The standard rate will also be applicable to the first registered EVS after April 2017.

This year the rules change by telecom regulator means that mobile and broadband providers will now have to tell customers. “Pound and Pence” About any price, as well as when they are.

New rules usually apply only to new customers, so when you make out your contract, any value increase will depend on this.

For example, under the new rules, only a person with a mobile SIM contract with EE will be seen in their bill £ 1.50 per month, or £ 18 in a year.

But for most of the customers doing their contract before 10 April 2024, they will face an increase of 6.4%, based on the inflation rate last December, as well as an additional fee.

Similarly, most virgin media broadband customers will face an increase of 7.5% in bills, but for any person doing a contract after January 9 this year, their monthly bill will increase to £ 3.50.

Cost of TV license will also go from £ 5 to £ 174.50And for a black and white TV it will go from £ 1.50 to £ 58.50.

House buyers in England and Northern Ireland will currently start paying stamp duty on assets of more than £ 125,000 in April instead of more than £ 250,000.

For the first time buyers currently do no stamp duty on homes up to £ 425,000, but it will fall to £ 300,000.

Any person starting the discovery of any property will struggle to move forward before the stamp duty change.

The government has placed freeze on tax threshold on income tax and national insurance by 2028, which has been brought by the previous government.

It is often said to be a secret – because governments clearly do not label it as a tax.

But due to the policy, one tax is due to increase Process called “fiscal drag”Which sees more people “drag” paying high rates of taxes as wages increase.

In data From the government’s financial sentinel By 2028–29, approximately four million additional people would be expected to pay income tax – and may have gone at a higher rate of three million – due to frozen due to the threshold.