The Rwanda Plan would never have worked - the agreed numbers were, what, in the low 100s? When you have 10,000s a year crossing the Channel, a 1% chance of being sent to Rwanda is no deterrant at all… (View Post)

If you levy it at point of sale then you’ve made it much harder for people to move for work once they’ve bought a house, which is clearly a net negative for the economy as a whole. If you wanted to i… (View Post)

Part of the justification for this change is that it’s grossly unfair that some of the poorest parts of the UK pay more in council tax than Westminster residents do. (View Post)

Lot of kite flying on property taxes in the press today clearly. Looks like different Treasury officials have been briefing the Guardian & the Times on the various policies they want to stab in t… (View Post)

Making the housing market even worse by imposing yet another huge transaction tax on the seller as well as the buyer would be a bold move certainly. I suspect the Guardian is simply wrong. (View Post)