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The Chancellor revealed during the first Budget under the Burnham administration that households in council tax bands A-D would receive a £100 payout directly into their bank accounts to help cope with surging energy bills.
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households → reveal → bills
The measure is expected to cost the Government £2.6 billion and was one of many pledges made by Mr Healey.
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measure → expect → Healey
New analysis by Centre for London, the capital’s independent think tank, has found just 69% of properties in London fall within the A-D council tax bracket, meaning hundreds of thousands will miss out on the payment.
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thousands → find → payment
This is because eligibility is tied to Council Tax bands based on 1991 property values, rather than current household incomes.
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eligibility → tie → incomes
For example, a property in Band E was categorised as such because it was worth more than £88,000 in 1991.
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it → categorise → 1991
But today, the same property could now belong to a low-income family, a pensioner, or a young renter facing high energy costs and modest incomes.
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property → belong → costs
The Centre of London said this is particularly prevalent in London where property prices have risen far faster than incomes over the past three decades, making council tax bands a weak measure of need.
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bands → say → need
Some of London’s highest-poverty areas such as Barking and Dagenham would see more than 90% of properties qualify for the payment.
However, areas with similarly high levels of poverty such as Camden, Islington and Tower Hamlets would only see between 55% and 68% of homes eligible.
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55 → see → homes
This discrepancy has been branded a “postcode lottery” where “access to support is shaped by historic property valuations” rather than levels of hardship.
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access → brand → hardship
Analysis showed that the fewest homes in Kensington & Chelsea, Westminster, and Richmond-upon-Thames would qualify.
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homes → show → Thames
The winter handout has also faced criticism from those who believe it will do little to remedy soaring bills.
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it → face → bills
Campaigners and think-tanks have described it as badly targeted and too small, forcing Andy Burnham to defend the scheme.
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Campaigners → describe → scheme
The Government also announced last year that the proposed Mansion Tax would also be decided by council tax bands.
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Tax → announce → bands
Centre for London has long-been calling on the Government to replace Council Tax with a proportional property tax based on up to date property value.
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Centre → call → value
Under the think tank’s proposals, households would pay a flat percentage of their value rather than being grouped into broad bands based on 1991 valuables.
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households → pay → valuables
Rob Anderson, Research Director at Centre for London, said: “Any extra support for households is welcome as bills start to rise through winter.
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bills → say → winter
However, Council Tax is a deeply flawed way to decide who receives that support.
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who → flaw → support
In London, two families can face similar financial pressures and worries about rising bills and yet will be treated differently because of how their homes were valued more than three decades ago.
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homes → face → bills
“The fact that boroughs with similarly high levels of child poverty would see very different numbers of families qualify for support should ring alarm bells.
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numbers → see → bells
If need and eligibility are drifting apart, the system is no longer fit for purpose.
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system → drift → purpose
We need a fairer, more accurate approach in the form of a progressive, partially devolved proportional property tax.”
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We → need → tax
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