The Conservatives were taxing people's homes to the tune of £45 billion a year, often on a grossly unfair basis. (Council tax) (View Post)

If you take a step back, it does seem mad that we tax capital gains, rather than just having a general capital tax. We also need to remove all these protections for land and property which distort ho… (View Post)

There is plenty of room to tax more. Labour has boosted tax revenue as a proportion of GDP to 38.5%, compared with 36.5% under Tory plans. That compares with 46% in France, 44% in Norway, 42% in Denm… (View Post)

I'd feel for the King trying to pick between those two possible coalitions. (View Post)

The obvious and massive benefit of trams is they run on roads. You don't need to kill any newts or knock any cathedrals down to put them in. The planning process should be much, much quicker tha… (View Post)