Council tax bands: Two million Londoners to get £100 energy bills payment - do you qualify?

Twenty million households in council tax bands A-D will get a £100 payment this winter to help deal with rising energy bills.The announcement has prompted a surge in people checking their tax band to see if they qualify - with the service going down on Wednesday afternoon.The UK Government website’s council tax page was down on WednesdayPAAcross the country, the government estimates that support will reach 80% of households, including 83% of fuel-stressed households, and 88% of those in the bottom three income deciles.In the capital, the scheme will help more than 1.9 million households, according to data from taxbandcheck.co.uk, with around 53% of London's 3.6 million households in Bands A-D.Council Tax bands in England are calculated based on a property's worth on April 1, 1991, with the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) assigning each residential property to one of eight main bands (A through H) based on these values.London's council tax bandsTaxBandCheckIn total, 181,400 (5%) of London households are in Band A, with 290,240 (8%) in Band B, 653,040 (18%) in Band C, and 798,160 (22%) in Band D.Recipients can spend the cash landing in their bank account from January as they wish.To see if you qualify for the scheme, you can use the government’s Council Band check tool here.