By Ruby Flanagan Millions of Brits are set to face steep council tax rises again this April with local authorities beginning to publish their proposals. Council tax is a bill you pay to your local council and the cost is set by your council and goes towards funding local services such as police and fire services, libraries and educational projects and bill collections. Each year, the Government publishes thresholds for council tax increases. however last year, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt changed the way councils in England can set their Council tax. Under the current rules, English local authoritie…