Here we go again - Labour are considering taking away the Single Discount on Council Tax. It is only a third off where I believe it should be 50% anyway.
Council Tax is iniquitous and outdated. I believe there should be an individual tax for every working age person living in a home. That was, of course, what scuppered Margaret Thatcher's Government when they tried to do just that and bring in a Poll Tax. Why should a single person living in a house pay the same as a home where there are many working adults all using or calling on Council services.
If this latest suggestion is carried through it is going to hit some of the people least able to bear the brunt - single parents, old people living on ever reducing pensions, divorcees. It will probably hit hardest the elderly who've been widowed and are living solo through no fault of theirs except the inevitable grim reaper. And, of course, pensioners have no redress - we don't have unions and can't fight back. We are sitting ducks. But don't worry, we might be dead by the next election so our vote won't count😀
Totally agree, you are effectively already paying 50% more than, for example, my wife and I who pay 50% each against your 75%. There was actually more fairness in the Community Charge ( Poll Tax) which was a charge per person. I love the new look website btw, what lovely photos of yourself.
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