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It means the amount added to bills by the Greater London Authority, to help pay for services including the Metropolitan police, the London fire brigade and Transport for London, will rise to £490.38, four per cent more than the current year.
A total of 15 London boroughs already charge in excess of £2,000 a year for band D bills: Barking and Dagenham, Bexley, Brent, Camden, Croydon, Enfield, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Kingston, Lewisham, Redbridge, Richmond, Sutton and Waltham Forest.
Croydon, another council in dire financial straits, will remain the second most expensive in London if it ratifies plans to add a total of £113 to its band D bills, taking them to £2,480.
London household face an average increase in council tax bills of almost £100 from April, according to research by The Standard.
However, Wandsworth may end up retaining the honour of issuing the cheapest council tax bills in London when it publishes its draft budget next week.
