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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Michael Howie and Nicholas Cecil

Londoners face ‘maximum’ council tax hikes to limit huge funding blow from Labour reforms, warns IFS

Camden is among the councils in London set to lose out under the plans - (AFP via Getty Images)

Inner London boroughs will have less money to spend on services under the Government’s proposed reforms to how local authorities are funded, analysis has found.

A report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said Sir Keir Starmer’s own council, Camden, will be hit by the reforms, which are aimed at addressing perceived unfairness in levels of core funding across the country.

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