Archive for council tax
There should be far more rebellions like the one yesterday
A brief footnote to Stephen’s piece yesterday Government suffers defeat in Lords over ‘new poll tax’ changes to council tax benefits. Note what the rebellion was over: An independent review of the changes to be carried out within three years of them being introduced. Yup, that shocking idea that after a new policy is introduced, we [...]
News snippets from the Conservative conference: tax, Europe, migration and more
Trouble ahead on tax as Osborne opposes a mansion tax: We are not going to have a mansion tax, or a new tax that is a percentage value of people’s properties. Before you rush to spot the loophole in that – what about adding extra higher bands to Council Tax? – he opposed that too. [...]
What Liberal Democrat members think of different tax policies
Lib Dem Voice has polled our members-only forum to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. Some 550 party members responded, and we’re currently publishing the full results. Cut income tax and VAT but raise taxes on property: that’s the message from Liberal Democrat party [...]
What do the academics say? Tax and public support
Welcome to the latest in our occasional series highlighting interesting findings from academic research. This time it is a paper from David Brockington (University of Plymouth) and Todd Donovan (Western Washington University) looking at the political impact of increasing taxes. After reviewing the work of others in this area, they focus in on council tax [...]
“Lib Dems plotting council tax hike for second homes”
So reports the Independent on Sunday: Owners of second homes could be stripped of their council tax discount under Liberal Democrat plans to raise millions of pounds for town halls. Danny Alexander, the Lib Dem Chief Secretary to the Treasury, is among ministers who back ending rules that force local authorities to cut bills by [...]
