Northerners charge more for Council Tax than Southerners - see list showing the gap

Eight of the ten cheapest Council Tax rates in England are in London or the South East, and none in the North. The most expensive is at Rutland in the East Midlands, at £2,300 a year

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Homeowners in the North are being hit with inflated council tax bills, even though they live in houses that cost only a third of the price in London.

Bills are more than 20% higher in the North of England than in London, according to a Times survey.

This raised fears that the north would not get a fair deal from the Conservative government.

The average Band D bill in London this year is £1,696, compared to £2,060 in the North of England, according to research.

The average house price in the capital is £553,000, compared to £192,000 in the north.

Eight of the ten cheapest council tax rates in England are in London or the South East, and none in the North.

The Borough of Westminster in central London has the cheapest D-band rate at just £866 a year.

The most expensive is in Rutland in the East Midlands at £2,300 a year.

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This means that the owner of a £28m townhouse in Belgravia with its own gym, swimming pool, cinema and lift would pay less council tax than the owner of a terrace of £240,000 three-bedroom apartment in Oakham, a small town 25 miles away. of Leicester.

The owner in Belgravia would pay £1,728 council tax per year for the Group H house, and the owner of the Oakham terraced house would pay £1,792 for the property in Group B.

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One explanation for the differences is that many towns in the Midlands and North of England have a higher proportion of small A and B houses, making it harder for their councils to keep...