Purpose

To set the Budget and Council Tax for the
forthcoming financial year agree the baseline level of Local
Business Rate income the Council will be likely to receive for
2026/27

Initial date added to Forward Plan: 11 April 2025

Content

On a recorded vote there being:
 
For (33): Cllr Kam Adams, Cllr Grace Adebayo, Cllr Frank
Baffour, Cllr Sophie Conway Cllr
Michael Desmond, Cllr Sade Etti, Cllr
Susan Fajana-Thomas, Cllr George Gooch,
Cllr Margaret Gordon, Cllr Clare Joseph, Cllr Christopher Kennedy,
Cllr Ben Lucas, Cllr Jasmine Martins, Cllr Clayeon McKenzie, Cllr Jon Narcross, Deputy Mayor Nicholson, Cllr Deniz Oguzkanli, Cllr
Clare Potter, Cllr Samuel Pallis, Cllr
Clare Potter, Cllr Ian Rathbone, Cllr Midnight Ross, Cllr Ali
Sadek, Cllr Ifraax Samatar,  Cllr Anya
Sizer, Cllr Gilbert Smyth, Cllr Sheila Suso-Runge, Cllr Faruk
Tinaz, Cllr Lynne Troughton, Cllr Joe
Walker, Cllr Jessica Webb, Cllr Carole Williams, and Cllr Sarah
Young
 
Abstentions (6): Cllr Alastair
Binnie-Lubbock, Cllr Liam Davis,Cllr Zoë Garbett, Cllr Fliss
Premru,Cllr Ian Sharer ,Cllr Penny
Wrout
 
Against (0)
 
Not present in the Chamber
(3): Cllr M Can Ozsen, Cllr
Benzion Papier, Cllr Patrick Pinkerton
 
Due to a technical issue, Deputy Mayor
Anntoinette Bramble’s electronic
vote was not recorded. This was clarified by the Speaker, where the
Deputy Mayor confirmed that she would have recorded 'For'.
 
The resolution was declared CARRIED
 
RESOLVED:
 
1. 
That in accordance with the Local Authorities (Calculation of
Council Tax Base) (England) Regulations 2012, the amount calculated
by Hackney Council as its Council Tax Base for 2026/27 shall be
80,163.35 Band D equivalent properties adjusted for non-collection.
This represents an estimated collection rate of 94.5%.
 
2. 
That delegated authority be given to the Group Director of
Corporate Resources to determine the 2026/27 Business Rates
Base.
 
 
3. 
That the Council Tax Reduction Scheme for 2026/27 remains unchanged
from that previously approved by Full Council.