What are we paying for? How Leeds City Council will be spending your council tax money

Leeds City Council has approved its budget for the 2018/19 financial year, which lays out how much of your money it will spend in the coming months and on what.

Council tax payers have also been handed a 5% increase on their bills - equating to about £70 for an average band D property - which will help raise an additional £17m in revenue for the city’s public purse.

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What will Leeds City Council be spending your council tax on?

But as well as paying for your bin rounds, public spaces upkeep, recycling, road maintenance and other services, what else will your council tax be funding next year and by how much?

Click on our gallery link here for the 10 things you might not know you are paying for next year.

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