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Council tax rates.

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Usedtobeblonde Sat 03-Oct-26 16:45:40

I have just read on Google news that the Borough of
Hammersmith and Fulham may have a massive rise in their council tax bills for the next financial year.
I checked the rates just for curiosity and couldn’t believe the rates for most London boroughs.
The figures shown quote Band D for comparison, some are as low as £1050 annually , I don’t think many reached £2000.
I am rated Band E , I live in a large village/small town in a not highly rated part of the N of England and while a lot of regeneration is planned it is a long time in the planning.
I pay £3200 a year.
Is it time for a reappraisal of the system which currently is
based on house prices?

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Usedtobeblonde Sat 03-Oct-26 17:01:45

I should add the house prices were as at mid 1970’s valuations.

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Fallingstar Sat 03-Oct-26 17:05:45

We live in a band C terraced house in London and pay £1,564 a year.

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InnocentBystander Sat 03-Oct-26 17:13:07

It doesn't matter when the houses were valued, it's just to place a house in a band. The values change constantly but usually proportionately over a district. If your house was valued at twice that of one elsewhere in your district many years ago the chances are the other house and yours are still at 2:1 ratio unless you or they have extended.
Under the old rates system your house had a rateable value which served the same purpose, but it could have been only £100 but the other house in our discussion would have been £50. The way the rate was arrived at was to multiply your rateable value by a pence in the pound constant. It was usually as much as £20 in the £ making yours £2,000 p.a. for example.

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yanda Sat 03-Oct-26 17:13:19

I live in a band C semi in a top ten deprived area and pay £2300.

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tanith Sat 03-Oct-26 17:16:58

I moved out of London to a market town in Bedfordshire and pay quite a lot more than I was in London it is a bigger house but even so I'm in the country now I dont understand it.

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David49 Sat 03-Oct-26 17:21:53

London rates are very low in relation to value residents say it’s to make up for high cost of living
Others say GLC is awash with money from congestion charges

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OldFrill Sat 03-Oct-26 17:35:30

This explains why council tax differs so much in different London boroughs.

London Council Tax Rates 2025/26 — All 33 Boroughs | Council Tax Checker share.google/FtVDNd0NwzAOqyVNY

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David49 Sat 03-Oct-26 17:50:01

My band D is £600 more than Richmond and they have far more wealth than us it’s a rip off

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