Overview
- A new second-home surcharge lifted the annual bill for the Westminster flat to £2,938, but he was billed at roughly half that rate for this tax year.
- Healey paid the outstanding liability, including the surcharge, on Thursday after The Telegraph contacted him about the underpayment.
- His office says he declared the flat as a second home when the tenancy began and that he met all obligations as a tenant.
- Westminster City Council attributes the shortfall to an administrative oversight that led to an incorrect council tax notice and has issued an apology.
- Conservative and Reform UK figures criticised the episode as double standards and urged Healey to explain what he knew and when.