The total amount of income tax paid in the UK reached £222bn, paid by 32.7m people, with London paying almost £60bn, and residents of the London borough of Kensington and Chelsea alone paying £4.9bn.

The affluent London borough of Kensington and Chelsea has just 68,000 individuals paying income tax, accounting for 2.2% (£4.9bn) of the £222.1bn paid.

In comparison, the whole of the north east of England has 1.2m taxpayers and paid slightly more at £5.09bn (2.3%) than the highest paying borough in London, revealed analysis of HMRC figures for tax year 2021-22 by the Global Payroll Association.

London is home to 4.3m taxpayers, paying 27% of the total income tax paid, totalling £59.3bn.

The next highest tax paying areas are the south east (18.6%) at £41.4bn and the east of England (10.6%) at £23.5bn, which are home to 4.8m and 3.2m people respectively. In total, these regions paid a combined £64.9bn.