Ukip Announce Mansion Tax Break for Historic Home Owners

While Labour demand a mansion tax, Ukip have unveiled a mansion tax-break. The UK Independence Party has pledged to cut the tax bills of the owners of listed buildings, in a move that could benefit the party’s biggest donors. Nigel Farage’s party has promised to exempt historic buildings from VAT at 20 per cent on their building work, in a move that could save wealthy owners of historic mansions and castles hundreds of thousands of pounds. It would be replaced with a rate of 5 per cent. Read more on the Daily Telegraph website.

UKIP Prioritise Applicants with Parents Born Locally

Council house applicants whose parents or grandparents were born locally should be given priority on waiting lists, according to a new policy from the UK Independence Party. The proposal, launched at the party's annual conference, is seen as a direct appeal to voters concerned by much-reported claims that immigrants are able to move to the top of housing priority lists. But it will also draw criticism that Nigel Farage's party is appealing to beliefs which are allegedly based on scant evidence. Read more on the Guardian website.