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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Ben Lynch

West London councillor ordered to hand over £4,700 in unpaid tax

A west London Labour councillor and current Pensions Board Chair was ordered to pay more than £4,500 in outstanding council tax accrued amid a dispute over the classification of his basement.

New information released to the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) has revealed that Councillor Ashok Patel, a member for Sands End in Hammersmith and Fulham, was issued with a court summons in 2023/24 having built up the outstanding tax over the space of three years.

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