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Water, cars and phones: The seven bills set to rise this week

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Water bills for households are going up in England and Wales by 10 more per month on average.

Gas and electricity bills are also going up by 111 a year to 1,849 from April .

Council tax rates in England , Wales and Scotland are likely to be going up.

Electric vehicles will no longer be tax exempt from April 2025 .

First -time buyers currently had paid no stamp duty on homes up to 425,000 , but this is dropping to 300,000 .

Freeze on tax thresholds on income tax and National Insurance until 2028 , a policy brought in by the previous government.

This is often dubbed a stealth tax - as governments don't explicitly label it as a tax.

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