Traders predict house prices will fall by 50% in four years

[TheBigYinJames]

Quite rational too. If you want to tax something you have to make sure that it remains around to continue to generate revenue. The rich are more able to leave than the poor; so it is better to target the poor than the rich.
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I think the single biggest thing Labour could do to help traffic congestion, the environment, people's cost of living, and wellbeing would be to penalise companies who refuse to let desk-bound employees work from home.

[HairyArsedBloke]

Never going to get support for that from nuLieBore. For a start there is the control thing. Can’t have people getting up to things without having an overseer. Then there are problems with the quality of housing. The more time the people spend there the more they will want from it in terms of space and functionality. Can’t have any of that either.

[sasguru]

I think the single biggest thing Labour could do to help traffic congestion, the environment, people's cost of living, and wellbeing would be to penalise companies who refuse to let desk-bound employees work from home.

India

[TheBigYinJames]

India

Well, I expect people would take a marginal pay cut if they didn't have to travel into work, especiallys ince oil/transport is getting more expensive by the week. Desk bound workers could be as cheap as Indian workers (and be allowed to keep their own names) if they were allowed to do it from hom.

[Marina]

Well, I expect people would take a marginal pay cut if they didn't have to travel into work, especiallys ince oil/transport is getting more expensive by the week. Desk bound workers could be as cheap as Indian workers (and be allowed to keep their own names) if they were allowed to do it from hom.

Wouldn't home workers produce more rubbish though? I mean literally, as in more bin bags. So they'd be charged extra for that, and they'd be using more gas and electricity at home.

Maybe there's a market for internet-cafe-like mixed-company offices where people from different companies can work at PCs and there are webcams etc so their bosses can keep an eye on their presence and talk with them.

[TheBigYinJames]

Wouldn't home workers produce more rubbish though? I mean literally, as in more bin bags.

Just don't give them printers.

There is already software to measure the productivity of workers - it analyses their keypresses, and other activity, measures long pauses in activity, etc. For creative types, like designer/developers, longer pauses between keypresses might be expected (and allowed by the software)

I'd just tie the mouse to the cat, and let it walk on my keyboard, then go out for a round of golf.

[expat]

I think the single biggest thing Labour could do to help traffic congestion, the environment, people's cost of living, and wellbeing would be to penalise companies who refuse to let desk-bound employees work from home.

Hang the managers. And crush their cars.

[TheBigYinJames]

Hang the managers. And crush their cars.

With the managers in them.

[expat]

With the managers in them.

And then hang them.

[Platypus]

Well, I expect people would take a marginal pay cut if they didn't have to travel into work, especiallys ince oil/transport is getting more expensive by the week. Desk bound workers could be as cheap as Indian workers (and be allowed to keep their own names) if they were allowed to do it from hom.

But the government would lose tax revenue on fuel. And that revenue has increased sharply in recent weeks. I don't expect to see this government implement any green policies, just to collect the tax for them.