Eric Pickles is getting his knickers in a twist about new government guidelines that suggest that “double glazing, central heating and fixed kitchen units” should all be taken into account when adjusting council tax on the basis that (gasp!) they might affect the value of the property. The reason for this doesn’t really have much… Continue reading Tories (and Lib Dems) in a Pickle over Council Tax
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How will Local Income Tax affect the rich?
There must be loads of Local Income Tax supporters reading Lib Dem blogs, so perhaps they can answer this question. Given that so few of the super rich pay income tax, how will introducing a local version, as Vince Cable has suggested today, make the blindest bit of difference to them? Answers below please.
Brown Meme
Praguetory has tagged me with Matt Wardman’s Brown Meme. Unlike a lot of memes, this one seems to have the potential for an interesting debate, so here goes: * 2 things Gordon Brown should be proud of. – Helping to make Labour electable – (Most of) Labour’s constitutional reform agenda in their first term of… Continue reading Brown Meme