Government Income on stamp duty on houses is about £10b pa. Stamp duty on shares it is about £3b pa so perhaps it can be squeezed in. It would be fun to be CoE under Burnham. (View Post)

Yes. The "Burnham policy" is a flat 0.48% annual tax on a property's current market value. A higher rate of 0.96% would apply to second homes, empty properties, and foreign-owned prope… (View Post)

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Someone should secretly creep up behind him with wirecutters and cut the power lead. then disappear into the crowd. (View Post)

If Starmer chooses to stand the NEC do have options to speed up the process: Fast-Track Nominations: Drastically shortening the MP nomination window. For example, candidates could be given just 48 ho… (View Post)