Rishi Sunak should have imposed a one off Covid revovery tax in 2022 to refill the public coppers. Firms and individuals were sitting on piles of cash unused during the pandemic which could and shoul… (View Post)

The usual informed quality fair analysis from the Express..... Back in the real world, I slightly disagree with the header - Governments since 2010 were and are appealing to the same demographic. The… (View Post)

Most sitting Presidents don't have to go through a primary challenge - George HW Bush was unopposed in 1992, George W Bush likewise in 2004 and Obama in 2012 also had no significant opponent. and nei… (View Post)

Reforming the Council Tax system and thereby strengthening local Government finance and accountability is a no-brainer. We all have to accept the world has moved on from the 1991 revaluations and we … (View Post)

Okay - I'll play. We'll get everywhere valued - do we do banding again or try to be more precise? At 1%, our property tax (if you treat Council Tax as such) would be more than doubled. At 0.5% not fa… (View Post)