Many of you have just had your English council tax demand - mine was an increase of 3.5% (ish). Whisper it quietly, there is a part of our sceptered isle where there is no increase in council tax at all.
Can you guess?
Scotland (for it is she) has no council tax increase, this is due to the largesse of the Barnett formula that allows English taxpayers to subsidise Scotland. Truly a miracle, if you're a Scot.
Of course this stinks to high heaven, which is why you won't be hearing about it on the BBC or C4 or the other organs of our 'free' democracy.
The Scotsman is quite happy to tell the story here:
http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Council-tax-freeze-across-Scotland.3781358.jp
I'll be asking my MP why this injustice is allowed to happen - not sure I'll get a meaningful answer though, he's a Lib Dem, never a a party to lose too much sleep over justice for their English voters.
Make sure you write to your MP - it does make a difference.
Stephen
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To be fair, this is only half the story - the plan is to do away with it altogether and replace it with a local income tax; theoretically this will be a bit more progressive.
I don't know anyone who likes the council tax - maybe you should suggest something similar to your MP.
Best Regards
William
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