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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Rachael Burford and Jitendra Joshi

Londoners’ spending on essential bills ‘up by £10,000 in past decade’

Londoners are spending an average £10,000 a year more on essential bills than they were in 2010, new analysis has claimed.

Housing was the biggest driver of rising costs in the capital, with tenants paying an average £18,418 per year, up from £13,270 in 2010, while home owners have seen average mortgage payments rise £7,322, from £10,988 to £17,519 a year.

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