Friday, 12 January 2018

Labour MP Suggests Doubling Tax For Top Value Homes

A senior Labour MP has suggested doubling council tax bills on the highest-value homes in England to ease the budget pressures facing local authorities. Chris Williamson, an ally of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, said increases could be staggered from 20% for a Band D home up to 100% for the top Band, H. He said his idea was not Labour policy. But he said it had a lot of support among Labour activists. The proposal was attacked by the Conservatives' newly-appointed housing minister, Dominic Raab. Read more on the BBC website.

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