article_snippet: The average council tax bill for a Band D property will go up by £16 a year to £1,484 from tomorrow, yet local authorities are still warning of massive cuts to services.
article_snippet: Also going up tomorrow is car tax, with Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) set to increase by up to £10 for some categories of vehicles, particularly larger cars with big engines and higher carbon emissions.
article_snippet: For example, the first year VED rate for a band L car, such as an Audi Q7 or BMW X5, will go up from £860 to £870.
article_snippet: Sky recently announced a series of price rises, apparently to fund Sky multi-billion pound bill to buy the rights to Premier League football matches.
article_snippet: From June, Sky popular family bundle, which does not even include the media giant’s sport channels, will rise by rise by £3 a month to £36 - £432 a year.