As it happens, I sold all my BAE shares yesterday morning at 1827p. Still holding onto my RRs. (View Post)

I believe that it is Starmer who will be going to Ankara for the NATO summit on July 8th, so is that. (View Post)

The VOA would do the valuation (as now for Council Tax) and would calculate a home's worth using local transaction histories and actual sales data recorded by the Land Registry, similar to the Z… (View Post)

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)