How much is your council tax going up? London boroughs with biggest bills revealed
Average demand in more than half of London boroughs expected to break £2,000 barrier
London’s 33 borough councils are starting to reveal how much their council tax bills will rise from April.
Most are expected to agree a near five per cent rise in demands, according to draft budget planning documents.
Councils that have already indicated such plans include Greenwich, Havering, Islington, Hammersmith and Fulham, Haringey and Tower Hamlets.
Newham is seeking an exceptional 9.99 per cent hike in a bid to prevent itself from going bust. This would add £2.40 a week to the council’s share of benchmark band D bills, according to Newham mayor Rokhsana Fiaz, taking the total demand to £1,868, if approved by a full meeting of the council on February 27.
Haringey, which said it received outer London levels of funding despite inner London levels of need, is to ask the Government for £37m of “exceptional financial support” to cover day-to-day spending and look after vulnerable residents.
In addition, Sir Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, has already said he wants his share of bills to increase by four per cent, primarily to provide more funding for the Metropolitan police.
This will increase the mayor’s “precept” from £471.40 to £490.38 for band D bills, a rise of £18.98.
Taken together, many households will pay in excess of £2,000 a year or £200 a month, as bills are normally paid over 10 successive months.
A total of 15 London boroughs already charge in excess of £2,000 a year for band D bills: Barking and Dagenham, Bexley, Brent, Camden, Croydon, Enfield, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Kingston, Lewisham, Redbridge, Richmond, Sutton and Waltham Forest.
Boroughs almost certain to break the £2,000 threshold for average bills for the first time include Greenwich, Hounslow, Merton and Islington.
Greenwich said it had “no choice” but to take the “tough decision” to increase its share of bills by 4.99 per cent. This will add £1.39 a week onto its band D bill - equating to £72.28 a year.
Greenwich leader Anthony Okereke said: “Our draft budget serves as a stark reminder of the financial realities created by decades of underfunding by the previous government. This damage cannot be done overnight.
“The good news is that we’ve received a better financial settlement this year, which will help us continue improving services. We’ve also been successful in finding innovative ways to reduce the costs of temporary accommodation, which have been crippling other councils.”
This is what we know so far about likely council tax bills in each London borough. The table will be updated over the coming weeks as boroughs set their final amounts at full council meetings.
Islington said its likely increase would also amount to £1.39 per week - or £72.28 a year - at band D. When the mayor’s precept is added, its benchmark bill will rise to £2,011.
Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman said the borough was “blazing a trail” by offering free school meals and grants to buy school uniforms to ease the cost-of-living crisis.
Havering said it would increase its share of bills by 4.99 per cent, taking its total band D bill to £2,313.55.
At the same time, it will close three of its 10 libraries - the branches in Harold Wood, South Hornchurch and Gidea Park - to save £288,000 a year.
Hammersmith and Fulham said it set the third lowest council tax in the country but indicated that its bills would rise by 4.99 per cent.
Havering said it had no option because of the increasing cost of adult social care and homelessness.
Haringey said its band D total bill would increase by £100, from £2,107 to £2,207. This is due to its own share of bills increasing by £81.64 on top of the mayor’s precept.
Each council’s own share of bills is expected to include a 2.99 per cent hike in spending on council services and a two per cent increase in the amount spent on adult social care, which works out in practical terms as a 4.99 per cent rise.
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