"Garden Tax" could treble council tax bill under Labour

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Corbyn ready to hit homes with new garden tax which could TREBLE average council tax bills

JEREMY Corbyn is preparing to hit households with a new “toxic” garden tax which will treble average council tax bills across the UK.



Corbyn ready to hit homes with new garden tax which could TREBLE average council tax bills



The proposal hidden in the small print of Labour’s far Left manifesto could force people to sell their gardens and yards to avoid spiralling bills and could put many people into negative equity with their mortgages.

It comes despite claims by shadow Chancellor John McDonnell that a Labour government would not add to the taxes of people earning below £80,000.

But behind the income tax pledge is a proposal to gradually introduce a tax raid on their properties which is set to hit pensioners hardest.

The concerns have been raised after analysis of the Labour plans to introduce a Land Value Tax (LVT) - dubbed the garden tax - which eventually will be based on three per cent of the value of land for each property.

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Corbyn ready to hit homes with new garden tax which could TREBLE average council tax bills
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The analysis commissioned by the Conservatives shows this would result in yearly tax bill of £3,837 for an average family home in England – a massive 224 per cent increase on the current average council tax bill of £1,185.

However, in some areas the increase could be much higher based on current values and council tax levels.

In Westminster local tax would rise a massive 2,300 per cent to £17,413 at the highest end.

In Birmingham the increase would be 320 per cent to an average of £2,726.

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Behind the income tax pledge is a proposal to gradually introduce a tax raid on peoples' properties
Meanwhile in Manchester there would be a 338 per cent hike to £2,614.

One of the poorest council areas of England - Barking and Dagenham - would see hard pressed council tax payers faced with an average bill of more than 500 per cent more at £4,579 a year.

The LVT plans are also in the Lib Dem and Green manifestos leading to new fears of “a coalition of chaos” forcing huge tax hikes across the UK.

Labour Land Campaign policy paper suggests introducing LVT gradually at first charging 0.85 per cent on the value of homes in replacement for the council tax.

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Was interesting until saw the report was commissioned by the conservatives? So no bias in the way story is portrayed?

i want that tree he is using to grow the money..

i want that tree he is using to grow the money..

I've got a hundred foot garden! A small house at end of it sounds good idea to make garden smaller?

i want that tree he is using to grow the money..

Got 100ft garden so think build a house at end of it to make garden smaller?

More desperate lies by the Tories This tax has nothing to do with gardens btw. It's mainly a tax that will target the foreign billionaires buying properties and barely living in them. This tax is a good thing for 98+% of the UK population

The Libtards moan about cuts but they seem to be forgetting the money has to come from somewhere - that being their own pockets somewhere along the line.

More desperate lies by the Tories This tax has nothing to do with gardens btw. It's mainly a tax that will target the foreign billionaires buying properties and barely living in them. This tax is a good thing for 98+% of the UK population

Please stop spoiling their fun with all your facts.I'll have you know they believe the whole world is reading this forum and the PM better join up and say thank you to her loyal supporters otherwise there will be trouble.

More desperate lies by the Tories This tax has nothing to do with gardens btw. It's mainly a tax that will target the foreign billionaires buying properties and barely living in them. This tax is a good thing for 98+% of the UK population

i cant find any reference anywhere in the manifesto to foreign billionaires.
not like you to make things up.
or infact Sneggy to encourage the made up stuff.
whats actually in there is vague..i mean the whole manifesto not just this land tax.

http://evolvepolitics.com/right-wing-pr ... res-truth/

More desperate lies by the Tories This tax has nothing to do with gardens btw. It's mainly a tax that will target the foreign billionaires buying properties and barely living in them. This tax is a good thing for 98+% of the UK population

i cant find any reference anywhere in the manifesto to foreign billionaires.
not like you to make things up.
or infact Sneggy to encourage the made up stuff.
whats actually in there is vague..i mean the whole manifesto not just this land tax.

Duly noted my good man.In fact,someone ought to stick up for the 72 Tory MP landlords that must be shitting themselves in case Labour win.

Tories are getting desperate....

More desperate lies by the Tories This tax has nothing to do with gardens btw. It's mainly a tax that will target the foreign billionaires buying properties and barely living in them. This tax is a good thing for 98+% of the UK population

i cant find any reference anywhere in the manifesto to foreign billionaires.
not like you to make things up.
or infact Sneggy to encourage the made up stuff.
whats actually in there is vague..i mean the whole manifesto not just this land tax.

Duly noted my good man.In fact,someone ought to stick up for the 72 Tory MP landlords that must be shitting themselves in case Labour win.

not sticking up for either Tory or Labour landlords..or am i making points about rates doubling/trebling.
just saying the truth. its vague. like the whole labour manifesto.
as for people shitting themselves.
we would ALL like more money,and everyone to have more money..and class sizes to be 5 or 6 children. the NHS to be need an op get an op there and then.have .your own personal police officer. terrorists you could talk out of blowing people up..no need for military deterrents.most of us know that the realities of life include tough choices though. Labours leadership {not just Corbyn } have all lived lives where their biggest decision is what extreme minority cause to paint on their placard this week.
they concern me more than any politicians ever have.

Most modern housing got small patch for a garden if any at all! But saying that find it hard to believe that anyone Labour or cons would expect little old pensioner in old house with huge garden paying 5k in Council tax or whatever like to call it?

Was interesting until saw the report was commissioned by the conservatives? So no bias in the way story is portrayed?

That won't stop millions of gullible readers lapping it up don't worry lol

Was interesting until saw the report was commissioned by the conservatives? So no bias in the way story is portrayed?

That won't stop millions of gullible readers lapping it up don't worry lol

its vague mate..read it. it COULD cost all of us ..or it COULD be aimed at millionaires.

whats not vague though is the amount of ..extremely gullible pple that buy into Corbyn was part of if not the cornerstone of the good friday agreement. and this excuses him from condeming child murderers even 20 years later.
being too young doesnt excuse people for not looking deeper.
its those very people who shout..DONT BELIEVE THE PAPERS. that believe twitter memes. and all this very recent spin on Corbyn.

Was interesting until saw the report was commissioned by the conservatives? So no bias in the way story is portrayed?

That won't stop millions of gullible readers lapping it up don't worry lol

I'm a pathaphist when it comes to voting don't believe anyone as all lyers so I choose not to vote! But still have an opinion , and no I don't whinge at policies brought in as in 42yrs of being able to vote nothing as changed in respect of parties being devious in their pledges.

Was interesting until saw the report was commissioned by the conservatives? So no bias in the way story is portrayed?

That won't stop millions of gullible readers lapping it up don't worry lol

I'm a pathaphist when it comes to voting don't believe anyone as all lyers so I choose not to vote! But still have an opinion , and no I don't whinge at policies brought in as in 42yrs of being able to vote nothing as changed in respect of parties being devious in their pledges.

Nothing changes, and that is close to the truth. Whoever wins this election, not many on here will notice a difference. I have been through 43 years since being eligible to vote, and in all that time, my living standards have been what I descibe as ok. Never made a blind bit of difference which party was in, my left over spending money each month would buy me the same things whoever was at in.10. There is only so much money to play with, and you can guarantee that any party who gives you something will make up for it by taking away something else. Neither Labour or Conservatives can magic up a perfect NHS or state pension scheme etc., not unless they find a way of reducing our life spans back to around 65. we can't return to the 1950's when our population was 50 million and when a lot of people never lived long enough to draw their state pension. We are living 20 years longer now, the population has grown, and there is only so much tax that people can pay. No party has a magic money tree.

Was interesting until saw the report was commissioned by the conservatives? So no bias in the way story is portrayed?

That won't stop millions of gullible readers lapping it up don't worry lol

I'm a pathaphist when it comes to voting don't believe anyone as all lyers so I choose not to vote! But still have an opinion , and no I don't whinge at policies brought in as in 42yrs of being able to vote nothing as changed in respect of parties being devious in their pledges.

Nothing changes, and that is close to the truth. Whoever wins this election, not many on here will notice a difference. I have been through 43 years since being eligible to vote, and in all that time, my living standards have been what I descibe as ok. Never made a blind bit of difference which party was in, my left over spending money each month would buy me the same things whoever was at in.10. There is only so much money to play with, and you can guarantee that any party who gives you something will make up for it by taking away something else. Neither Labour or Conservatives can magic up a perfect NHS or state pension scheme etc., not unless they find a way of reducing our life spans back to around 65. we can't return to the 1950's when our population was 50 million and when a lot of people never lived long enough to draw their state pension. We are living 20 years longer now, the population has grown, and there is only so much tax that people can pay. No party has a magic money tree.

Same here my living standard as stayed much the same over the years! even the budgets have little effect on me well not that I noticed but maybe I'm just pragmatic and accept things to easily?

Was interesting until saw the report was commissioned by the conservatives? So no bias in the way story is portrayed?

That won't stop millions of gullible readers lapping it up don't worry lol

its vague mate..read it. it COULD cost all of us ..or it COULD be aimed at millionaires.

whats not vague though is the amount of ..extremely gullible pple that buy into Corbyn was part of if not the cornerstone of the good friday agreement. and this excuses him from condeming child murderers even 20 years later.
being too young doesnt excuse people for not looking deeper.
its those very people who shout..DONT BELIEVE THE PAPERS. that believe twitter memes. and all this very recent spin on Corbyn.

I have read that, and if they implement it then as the report states, it is a land tax, not a building tax, you will be charged on the value of the land that your house is on, this is approximately one third of the value of your house, so most people will be paying less than they would if they were paying council tax, or poll tax whatever you personal call it