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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Noah Vickers

Sadiq Khan challenged over his decision to raise council tax in City Hall row

Sir Sadiq Khan has defended his latest planned council tax increase after facing questions from City Hall Conservatives about the sharp rise bill-payers have seen over the course of his mayoralty.

The Labour mayor blamed the last Tory Government’s austerity programme and said he had been forced to attempt to plug the financial gap, adding that “one budget is not going to undo 14 years of cuts”.

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