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Gordon Bennet - hope nobody here lives in Croydon
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Originally posted by ladymuck View PostThe Poll Tax, the details of which I am too young to be aware of, evidently wasn't acceptable to the populace either but like all taxes in the UK, it needs reform of some description. I just think successive governments are too scared after the Poll Tax debacle to change it.
I don't think it would be that hard to scrap council tax. Just lump it into income tax nationally and pay to each council a per-capita allowance. Bit like a mini Barnett formula for council funding.Comment
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Originally posted by WTFH View Post
Kinda makes you wonder what all the other taxes are for, apart from lawyers for BoJo and MP expenses claims
Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by d000hg View Post
National level infrastructure? It does seem a bit odd though. Local government gets given a pot of money from central government but then they have to top it up from local taxes. Why doesn't your council tax go to central government in the first place? I suppose the idea is it's ring-fenced for your area but then poorer areas raise less and need additional help.
Some have opted to keep the business rates they collect in their area instead of a pot of money from central government."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by Protagoras View Post
The Scots apparently didn't like the 'poll tax' but it is surely fairer to levy a per-capita charge for services.
I don't think it would be that hard to scrap council tax. Just lump it into income tax nationally and pay to each council a per-capita allowance. Bit like a mini Barnett formula for council funding.
And loads of students and young people disappeared of the electoral roll.
"You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
OAPs in Tory heartlands in England like Windsor didn't like the poll tax either.
And loads of students and young people disappeared of the electoral roll.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
Not all councils get money from central government.
Some have opted to keep the business rates they collect in their area instead of a pot of money from central government.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by d000hg View Post
Is that part of 'devolving' to have one of these 'super mayors' that various areas are doing?
A few years ago some county/metropolitan councils who manage services like education and social services, simply decided that they would get more money if they kept the business rates they collected rather than give them to the government and get a government grant. Unfortunately they didn't figure on Covid and the resulting change in working and shopping patterns."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
Nope.
A few years ago some county/metropolitan councils who manage services like education and social services, simply decided that they would get more money if they kept the business rates they collected rather than give them to the government and get a government grant. Unfortunately they didn't figure on Covid and the resulting change in working and shopping patterns.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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