Council tax Scotland: How much is council tax rising in your part of Scotland? Increases revealed by Scottish council areas

In two of Scotland’s largest council areas – Glasgow and Edinburgh – council tax is rising by 5 per cent.

The move comes as local authorities battle to balance their books amid a cost-of-living crisis and a funding squeeze in their allocation from the Scottish Government.

It comes with umbrella body Cosla having estimated around 7,100 full-time equivalent jobs will be lost over the next three years as a result of the Scottish Budget.

Council tax rises – area by area

Here are the council tax rises that have either been agreed or are proposed across all 32 local authorities in Scotland

Aberdeen City – 10 per cent rise proposed

Aberdeenshire – 4 per cent agreed

Argyll and Bute – 5 per cent agreed

City of Edinburgh – 5 per cent agreed

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar – 5 per cent agreed

Dundee City – 4.75 per cent agreed

East Ayrshire – 5 per cent agreed

East Dunbartonshire – 5 per cent proposed

East Lothian – 7 per cent proposed

East Renfrewshire – 5 per cent proposed

Falkirk – 7 per cent proposed

Fife – 5 per cent agreed

Glasgow City – 5 per cent agreed

Inverclyde – 5.3 per cent and 4.95 per cent proposed

Midlothian – 5 per cent agreed

North Ayrshire – 5 per cent proposed

North Lanarkshire – 5 per cent agreed

Orkney – 10 per cent agreed

Perth and Kinross – 3 per cent proposed

Scottish Borders – 5 per cent proposed

Shetland – 4.5 per cent agreed

South Lanarkshire – 5.5 per cent agreed

Stirling – at least 3 per cent assumed

Highland – 4 per cent proposed

Moray – 5 per cent proposed

West Lothian – 5.8 per cent agreed

Undecided: Angus; Clackmannanshire; Dumfries and Galloway; Renfrewshire; West Dunbartonshire; South Ayrshire