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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nicholas Cecil

Income tax shock: London's bill hits nearly £64 billion a year

London and the South East have been paying more income tax than the rest of England put together, official figures reveal.

Revenue from the levy in Kensington and Chelsea alone is close to the total raised in the whole of the North East.

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