3 articles
• via GB News
Rachel Reeves's proposed mansion tax relies on 1991 council tax bands, hitting £135,000 homes in the north while sparing million-pound southern ones in lower categories. This exposes systemic unfairness and cross-party neglect of tax reform.
• via The Telegraph
Six cash-strapped councils spent 16% of council tax on staff pensions last year, then secured permission for above-cap rises, revealing how public entitlements trump fiscal discipline and burden households amid national decline.
• via The Telegraph
The government promised that punitive council tax premiums would free up homes for local buyers. Eight months later, the data reveals a textbook case of British policy failure: properties nobody wants, markets nobody can navigate, and communities bleeding economic vitality.