By Charlie Conchie NEW analysis suggests that almost a quarter of a million Londoners will be dragged into the higher rate tax band as a result of Jeremy Hunt’s decision to freeze income tax thresholds in the Autumn Statement. Some 213,165 workers in London, and 122,543 more across the wider south-east, will paying the 40 per cent rate as soon as this April as a result of the level at which it kicks in not being uprated with inflation or average pay, per analysis by Investec Wealth and Investment. Wonks warned the Treasury was at risk of “killing the goose that lays the golden egg” if the capi…