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Across the country, the picture for council finances has been a bleak one for several years, leading to the government announcingJonathan Carr-West, chief executive of the Local Government Information Unit, said its State of Local Government Finance report laid bare what he said was the "dire situation facing councils across England".

"It is no surprise that councils are having to pull all levers to balance their books," he said."This underlines a fundamentally flawed system for funding local government and one that needs to be radically reformed if we want to avoid an endless cycle of crisis management moving forward."The 9.99% rise in council tax means an average Band D household in Bradford will face an increase of £170 this year.

Other authorities in West Yorkshire plan to raise theirs but only by the normal maximum of 4.99%.Leeds' Band D bills are set to rise by £86 a year and Kirklees by £93. The annual increase will be £85 in Wakefield and £108 for Band D households in Calderdale.

Bradford was one of six councils granted permission by the government earlier in the year to propose council tax rises above the usual maximum of 4.99%.

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