
With a ton of speculation seen in the news in the past couple of weeks, Londoners have been anticipating this news for a while. Now, councils have started to reveal how much tax will rise by in April. With around 33 boroughs affected, in majority, council tax is expected to increase by around 5 percent but some could go even higher.
Councils that have already revealed such plans include Greenwich, Islington,Tower Hamlets, Haringey and Havering. So far, the highest rise has been requested by the London borough of Newham with almost a 1o percent increase to prevent them from going bust.
In addition to this, mayor of London, Sir Sadiq Khan has also shared that he wants his share of bills to increase by four percent – with a focus to provide more funding for the Metropolitan police. This will increase the mayor’s ‘precept from £471.40 to £490.38 for benchmark Band D bills, which is a rise of £18.98. Put together, many households will pay in excess of £2,000 a year and roughly £200 a month over the 10 month billing cycle.

15 London boroughs already charge in excess of £2,000 a year for Band D bills. These include: Barking and Dagenham, Bexley, Brent, Camden, Croydon, Enfield, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Kingston, Lewisham, Redbridge, Richmond, Sutton and Waltham Forest.
Greenwich said it had ‘no choice’ and had to take the ‘tough decision’ to increase its share of bills by 4.99 per cent which will equate to £72.28 a year on its Band D bill. Similarly, Islington has revealed that its likely increase also amounted to £72.28 a year – at Band D.
So far, these are the boroughs that have revealed their council tax increase:
- Greenwich
- Total council tax (Band D) 2024/25: £1,920.36
- Estimated increase: 4.99%
- Mayor of London increase: 4%
- Total estimated bill for 2025/26: £2,011.62
- Islington
- Total council tax (Band D) 2024/25: £1,920.53
- Estimated increase: 4.99%
- Mayor of London increase: 4%
- Total estimated bill for 2025/26: £2,011.79
- Tower Hamlets
- Total council tax (Band D) 2024/25: £1,675.51
- Estimated increase: 4.99%
- Mayor of London increase: 4%
- Total estimated bill for 2025/26: £1,754.57
- Newham
- Total council tax (Band D) 2024/25: £1,724.34
- Estimated increase: 9.99%
- Mayor of London increase: 4%
- Haringey
- Total council tax (Band D) 2024/25: 2,107.32
- Estimated increase: 4.99%
- Mayor of London increase: 4%
- Total estimated bill for 2025/26: £2,207.94
- Havering
- Total council tax (Band D) 2024/25: 2,207.92
- Estimated increase: 4.99%
- Mayor of London increase: 4%
- Total estimated bill for 2025/26: £2,313.55
Councils will continue to reveal their how much their council tax bills will rise from April. Follow the official page of your council for more updates.