Draft proposals from the Mayor of London suggest Mr Khan would hike his levy further if re-elected (Image: Getty)

       Households in London are being billed on average nearly ￡500 as part of a 'stealth tax' from Sadiq Khan.

       Mayors across the country have powers to impose a levy, known as a 'mayoral precept' and Mr Khan's reign has seen it jump by nearly ￡200. The news comes just days before voters decide whether to give Sadiq Khan another term as London Mayor.

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       The levy has surged during Mr Khan's time in office. The charge has increased from an average of ￡276 when Mr Khan took office in 2016 to a whopping average of ￡471 per household. Similarly, since he took office, total council tax bills are up 45 percent.

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       Draft proposals from the Mayor of London suggest Mr Khan would hike his levy even further if re-elected. Mr Khan plans to increase his tax on Londoners by ￡37, an increase of nine percent.

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       Sadiq Khan goes up against Susan Hall when Londoners take to the polls on Thursday (Image: Getty)

       The Labour Mayor's predecessor Boris Johnson left the mayoral precept 11 percent lower than he found it during his tenure between 2008 and 2016.

       Tories have pointed only Labour mayors have imposed the charges on households.

       Of the 11 mayors in England elected before 2024, just four have introduced a mayoral precept, which is added on top of council tax.

       These four - Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, Greater Manchester, the Liverpool City Region and London - are all led by a Labour mayor.

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       Louie French, the Tory MP for Old Bexley and Sidcup, said: “For eight long years Sadiq Khan has run London, and he’s run it badly. Crime is up. The police are in special measures and the transport network is riddled with delays.

       “But it’s not just drivers paying the cost of Khan’s flawed ideology and mismanagement of City Hall. At every opportunity, he has hiked up his share of Londoners’ council tax. Sadiq has broken London and Londoners are paying for it”

       Tory sources told the Telegraph that Mr Khan had a “messiah complex” which involves spending huge sums of taxpayers’ money on “vanity virtue-signalling projects”.

       Households in London are being billed on average nearly ￡500 as part of a 'stealth tax' (Image: Getty)

       A spokesman for Mr Khan responded to the claims by hitting out at Sadiq Khan's mayoral rival, Susan Hall.

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       He said: “This election is a close two-horse race between Sadiq, and the hard-right Conservative candidate for mayor who couldn’t be more out of touch with our city and its values.

       “Susan Hall would cancel free school meals and reverse Sadiq’s TfL fares freeze. She is a supporter of Donald Trump, cheered Liz Truss’s disastrous mini-budget, and has promoted racist comments by Enoch Powell on social media.”

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