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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Nicholas Cecil

Council tax bombshell: Bills 'to rise 54%' in flagship London borough hit by Labour funding reforms

Residents in a flagship London borough face an increase of more than 50% in their council tax bills, The Standard can reveal.

Westminster City Council is having to plug a £100 million blackhole in its finances over four years following the Labour Government’s controversial shake-up of local government funding.

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