Council tax is to be frozen or reduced in every local authority area in England this year, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles announced today.
It is the first year since the tax was introduced in 1993 that it has not risen.
The freeze was funded by £650 million provided by Mr Pickles' Department for Communities and Local Government to support councils which opted not to increase their bills.
Official statistics published today show the average Band D council tax set by local authorities in England will remain unchanged at £1,439 for 2011/12 as a result of a 0% increase on last year's council tax level.
Some 378 councils have frozen the tax and 43 have reduced it.
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