The weather’s slowly getting better. 36ºC today, first rain of the year in the mountains, and we could be down to 33ºC maximums by the weekend. Can’t wait for winter! (View Post)

Exactly the opposite. It would allow the local authorities to set their own property tax rates based on local need. Westminster’s property tax will be 0.5% and Bootle’s 2%. Anything based on a nation… (View Post)

Absolutely. Property taxation should be devolved to local authorities, with consumate reductions in income tax that reduces the dependency of the LAs on central government. (View Post)

The problem has been the increase in what an American would call Constitutional Amendments, passed in recent years, such as the Human Rights Act, Equalities Act etc, which in practice bind government… (View Post)

“Discouraged” would be better than “prevented”. His point is that there needs to be a way to exempt people downsizing from stamp duty - which is difficult because one relates to sqft or number of bed… (View Post)