sgtkate   10 #49 Posted May 24, 2017 Perhaps the policy of funding the NHS. They've been reducing it for 7 years, but if they'd just stopped it dead then people would have noticed.  And schools, except special academies. And the police, except terror ones. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
truman   10 #50 Posted May 30, 2017 Is this how he'll plug the gap? LVT?  "We will initiate a review into reforming council tax and business rates and consider new options such as a land value tax, to ensure local government has sustainable funding for the long term. Labour is the party of devolution "  Page 86 of the Manifesto...  Get rid of your gardens now... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Robin-H   11 #51 Posted May 30, 2017 Is this how he'll plug the gap? LVT? "We will initiate a review into reforming council tax and business rates and consider new options such as a land value tax, to ensure local government has sustainable funding for the long term. Labour is the party of devolution "  Page 86 of the Manifesto...  Get rid of your gardens now...  Apparently such a tax would cost the average family home £3,837 - significantly more than the average council tax of £1,185. That is based on a levy of 3%. I'm not sure if that is an estimated levy amount, or in the Labour Proposals (I'm aware the figure isn't in the manifesto, but could be mentioned elsewhere).  I can also see that it would massively incentivise selling off gardens to developers, something the Conservatives tried to minimise by reclassifying gardens as greenfield land (from brownfield).  However, other countries have a land duty, such as Denmark, although I'm not sure on the specifics. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Cyclone   10 #52 Posted May 31, 2017 I suppose that's why it's a review and not a definite policy, and presumably the 3% could be tuned so that the average families bill didn't change.  I think a local income tax makes more sense than a LVT, but that's a liberal policy instead of labour. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...