The BBC reports this morning that the Tories are concerned about a possible replacement for the Council Tax and the possibility that it might be trialled first in Northern Ireland.
Didn't the Tories trial the Poll Tax in Scotland first ? Have the Tories got any replacement at all for the Council Tax ? Of all the taxes most loathed in the last 20 years, the Poll Tax and the Council Tax are surely top of the list. Both ill conceived, both have nothing to do with anyone's ability to pay, and both were Tory policies.
I hope the Council Tax will not be replaced with anything that relates to the value of your house and is instead based purely on your income. I have elderly pensioners in my ward who are on low incomes but live in big houses in Fakenham that were worth little when they bought them 40 years ago, but have shot up in value. The Council tax at present is so unfair to these people and means that, for example, they are paying as much in Council tax as many millionaires leving in London. Hardly fair, unless you are a Tory that is !
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