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Londoners get a property tax discount equivalent to more than £3bn a year because council tax was structured in a way that ensures people living outside the capital have to pay disproportionately more, a thinktank has said.

The Resolution Foundation has come up with the figure in a report that says, outside London, many households are paying hundreds of pounds a year more in council tax than they would be under a fair system.

The report calls for council tax to be replaced with “a proportional tax charged at 0.7% of property value”. It also says stamp duty should be abolished, but with both changes brought in gradually to make the transition manageable for those losing out.

Andy Burnham has in the past expressed interest in a reform along these lines, althought this is not an idea he has publicly advocated since becoming PM.