{"id":142130,"date":"2024-01-30T13:00:21","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T06:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/wales-has-been-brave-enough-to-completely-rethink-the-hated-council-tax-take-note-england-polly-toynbee\/"},"modified":"2024-01-30T13:02:49","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T06:02:49","slug":"wales-has-been-brave-enough-to-completely-rethink-the-hated-council-tax-take-note-england-polly-toynbee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/wales-has-been-brave-enough-to-completely-rethink-the-hated-council-tax-take-note-england-polly-toynbee\/","title":{"rendered":"Wales has been brave enough to completely rethink the hated council tax. Take note, England | Polly Toynbee"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe Senedd\u2019s plan to shift the burden of this levy away from those on lower incomes shows how real levelling up can workIt is the very worst of taxes. (Probably \u2013 there\u2019s tough competition for that title.) Council tax is, as it stands, \u201cindefensible\u201d says the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Brutally regressive, it lets mansion owners off with a negligible contribution to their local authority, while those in cheaper homes, and least able to afford it, pay far too much. It acts as a kind of anti-wealth tax.At long last, we have a government brave enough to reform it. Not in England, of course, but the Welsh government, as often before, dares to go where others fear to tread. Its consultation on proposals to redistribute the tax so the broadest shoulders bear a fairer share ends next week, with three options for degrees of redistribution being considered. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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