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Marylebone freezes

23 out of 33 London councils have already proposed or agreed on figures for council tax bills in 2009/2010. Others should reveal the numbers by next month.

We dug out the average Band D figures for 2008/09 + the percentage change last year for comparison.

Council Tax for average Band D Change 2008/09 Proposed or Agreed change 2009/10
Council £ % %
Kingston-upon-Thames £1 270 4,24 3,2
Richmond-upon-Thames £1 234 3,98 4,33
Havering £1 173 3,9 3,5
Haringey £1 162 3 1,95
Harrow £1 153 2,95 2,95
Waltham Forest £1 131 2,5 1,95
Hillingdon £1 113 3 freeze
Sutton £1 109 3,4 2,9
Croydon £1 096 3,99 N/A
Merton £1 095 3,9 N/A
Hounslow £1 091 freeze freeze
Bexley £1 090 3 N/A
Barnet £1 083 3,49 2,8
Enfield £1 074 3,94 less than 2,8
Redbridge £1 066 3,87 2,7
Ealing £1 060 1,89 N/A
Brent £1 033 3,77 N/A
Camden £1 022 2,5 N/A
Lewisham £1 017 2,5 2,5
Barking & Dagenham £1 016 4,31 N/A
Hackney £998 freeze freeze
Greenwich £981 1,98 freeze
Bromley £953 4,33 2,73
Newham £946 3,25 freeze
Islington £938 2,5 N/A
Lambeth £925 4,75 freeze
Southwark £912 4 freeze
Tower Hamlets £866 3,5 2,5
Hammersmith & Fulham £863 -3 -3
City of London £841 2,5 N/A
Kensington & Chelsea £758 2,52 3,2*
Westminster £378 freeze freeze
Wandsworth £377 freeze N/A

*Residents will receive £50 which will equate to a net cut in council tax for most.

- Proposed figures from Evening Standard.
- 2008/2009 figures from Londoncouncils.gov.uk

Council tax is a local tax based on the value of the property in April 1991 and raised by local authorities to help pay for local services. The bills are sent in March for the following financial year -  1. April – 31. March.

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