• Band A (£957.08 2024-25 rate): £1.84 weekly increase, £7.98 monthly• Band B (£1,116.59 2024-25 rate): £2.15 weekly increase, £9.31 monthly• Band C (£1,276.10 2024-25 rate): £2.45 weekly increase, £10.63 monthly• Band D (£1,435.62 2024-25 rate): £2.76 weekly increase, £11.96 monthly• Band E (£1,886.24 2024-25 rate): £3.63 weekly increase, £15.72 monthly• Band F (£2,332.88 2024-25 rate): £4.49 weekly increase, £19.44 monthly• Band G (£2,811.42 2024-25 rate): £5.41 weekly increase, £23.43 monthly• Band H (£3,517.26 2024-25 rate): £6.76 weekly increase, £29.31 monthly.
East Lothian Council leader Norman Hampshire said the 10% rise was necessary to maintain essential services to protect vulnerable residents and to give children the best start in life.
East Lothian Council is the first local authority in Scotland to approve a double-digit council tax increase.
Councillor Hampshire said: "Our financial situation means it has been necessary to set a council tax increase of 10%.
The local authority said it was developed in light of financial pressures it is facing amid the region's growing population, wider economic challenges, and "increasing national policy expectations".
