Council Tax.

I agree %100%%%%
David.

Me too. The whole situation is farcical.

Now they want to come in and inspect our homes. Those who have worked hard, saved and put time, effort and hard-earned cash into improving their homes will pay more tax. My sister works as an NHS cleaner and struggled to buy a council house in a deprived area, which she has gutted out and done up, doing all the work herself. She will, if this daft plan goes ahead, pay more tax than her drug-dealing neighbours who are content to live in squalor.

We are told that those who refuse admittance to the inspectors will be fined and/or jailed. People like my sister and elderly parents are terrified of the consequences if they do not comply, despite my argument that if everyone stands together and refuses the authorities do not have the resources to pursue more than a minority of transgressors. Eventually, as with the Poll Tax fiasco, they will have to do a U-turn.

I will soon be living on a narrowboat. Will I be taxed into oblivion because I have a "nice view" of the canal?

I've recently returned from Australia where taxes are a fraction of what we pay in the UK, but services provided appear to be infinitely better. Most consumables are half the price too. Wages appear to be about the same. Welcome back to 'rip off Britain'!

Hi sally, you have hit the nail on the head there, to save money we must all let our houses deteriorate until the whole of Britain become one giant East Berlin, (that was ).

We are looking for ideas, How do they raise the tax in Australia?.

Good question. I will ask my uncle in Perth. He's been there since he went out as a Ten Pound Pom in the '60s, so he should know.