EXC: Burnham Could Swerve Downing Street Council Tax Bill by Keeping His Primary Residence In Manchester
If Andy Burnham registers his Manchester home as his main residence, the council tax on his Downing Street flat would fall to the taxpayer rather than the PM. Burnham was pictured jogging outside his Manchester home over the weekend, and admitted to Laura Kuenssberg that the family dog won’t be moving to Number 10… Both residential flats on Downing Street are in Band H, and Westminster’s charge for 2026/27 is £2,095.70. Westminster has charged a 100% premium on second homes since April 2025, which would double the bill.
- ▪If Andy Burnham registers his Manchester home as his main residence, the council tax on his Downing Street flat would fall to the taxpayer rather than the PM.
- ▪Burnham was pictured jogging outside his Manchester home over the weekend, and admitted to Laura Kuenssberg that the family dog won’t be moving to Number 10… Both residential flats on Downing Street are in Band H, and Westminster’s charge f
- ▪Westminster has charged a 100% premium on second homes since April 2025, which would double the bill.
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If Andy Burnham registers his Manchester home as his main residence, the council tax on his Downing Street flat would fall to the taxpayer rather than the PM. Saving Burnham a handy £2000 a year… As then-Cabinet Office minister Ruth Anderson said in a written PQ answer last year: “…where a minister occupies an official residence as a second home, the responsibility for payment of council tax falls to the responsible Department.” In this case, it’s the Cabinet Office picking up the bill at the generosity of the taxpayer. Burnham was pictured jogging outside his Manchester home over the weekend, and admitted to Laura Kuenssberg that the family dog won’t be moving to Number 10… Both residential flats on Downing Street are in Band H, and Westminster’s charge for 2026/27 is £2,095.70.
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