伦敦哈默史密斯和富勒姆委员会日前警告，可能需要将议会税提高150%以维持现有服务水平1。这一激进措施源于英国中央政府新的公平资金审查制度，该委员会在该制度下将失去超过一半的政府补助1。具体而言，委员会的政府补助将从2025/26年的1.505亿英镑下降至未来四年平均7240万英镑1。
按照150%增幅的方案，伦敦D级住宅业主年度支出将增加2522.50英镑，相当于每周29.11英镑1。该委员会同时公布了其他增幅方案：若税率上调100%，年增2018英镑但仍留4610万英镑预算缺口；若上调125%，年增2270.25英镑仍留2060万英镑缺口1。
委员会表示已通过"无情的"成本削减来保持较低税率，并声称其Upstream London战略已吸引60亿英镑投资、创造17200个就业机会1。这项资金制度由副首相安吉拉·瑞纳去年开始实施，旨在将资金从富裕地区重新分配到遭受紧缩最严重的地区1。受该政策影响的伦敦委员会还包括威斯敏斯特、肯辛顿和切尔西、旺兹沃思等1。
Hammersmith and Fulham Council in London has cautioned that it may need to raise council tax by 150% to maintain current service levels, citing severe reductions in central government funding under a new fair funding review system.1 The council will lose more than half of its government grant, which is set to fall from £150.5 million in 2025/26 to an average of £72.4 million over the subsequent four years.1
Under the 150% council tax increase scenario, a Band D household would face an annual increase of £2,522.50, or approximately £29.11 per week, which the council estimates would roughly balance its budget.1 However, even alternative increases of 100% and 125% would leave significant budget gaps of £46.1 million and £20.6 million respectively.1 Currently, a Band D household pays £1,519 annually, which includes a £510.51 London City Hall supplementary charge.1
The funding restructuring, introduced by Angela Rayner last year through the fair funding review mechanism, aims to redirect resources from affluent areas to those most affected by austerity.1 Hammersmith and Fulham is among six councils impacted, along with Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, Wandsworth, City of London, and Windsor and Maidenhead.1 The council has maintained it has pursued "ruthless" cost-cutting measures to keep tax rates low and noted that its Upstream London strategy has attracted £6 billion in investment and created 17,200 jobs.1
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