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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nicholas Cecil

Council tax bombshell: Eight London boroughs face big bill rises or major cuts to services

A London borough has revealed that council tax would have to rise by at least 27% to fill a black hole from Government reforms to local government funding.

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has calculated that the controversial shake-up will inflict a blow of £82.7 million over the three years from 2026/27 to 2028/29 to its finances.

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