Anyone else in the South East worried about Andy Burnham bringing in a land tax?

Ah. “the chat where I live”. OK then.

And that justifies people in the rest of the South paying even more council tax when they are already having to deal with high property prices and expensive commuting costs? It’s nonsense and people like you are being whipped into hysteria by politicians who love to pick on one group to win the favour of another.

You have all forgotten the true drink of the North ….. BURNHAM MUST BRING BACK SASS!!!

So the scaremongering posts start already 🙄 The guy hasn’t even started yet.

FYI, LVT can include tax relief for primary residences and working farms.

That’s only part of the reason. Parking revenue is massive in Westminster so is its income from business rates.

Don’t forget ‘just because it’s the south’

I live 40 miles from London and pay £4k. My house isn’t in the top band and it’s not worth £2 million. Yes, some parts of London have very low council tax largely because they have a younger population which means that the adult social care costs are much lower for those areas. Older people move out to areas like the one I live in putting pressure on our services with the result that our council tax is the same or higher than areas in the North. You can’t justify higher property tax based on the situation in a few London boroughs.

Those are all in London. London does not equal “the South”. Many of us live outside London and pay the same or more council tax than those in the North. The area that I live in 40 miles from London has higher council tax than Leeds, for example.

I’m paying that for a 4 bed 40 miles from London and also have little access to services - the first bus leaves our village at 9.30am The commuter train line that I use is the most expensive in the UK. But Andy Burnham will wallop me with more tax because I live in “the South”. Expensive house prices does not equal low council tax and excellent public services. I compared the council tax bands in my area with council tax bands in Leeds. We are paying more for the same band.

I don't care I'm stuck renting

Umm, any change? Really??

This says top band is £2095.70

https://www.westminster.gov.uk/council-tax/council-tax-bands-and-charges#bands-and-charges

After 16 years of Oxford graduates fucking the country up, any change has got to be an improvement.

Much as you might not like it, it’s fiscally true and not open to debate. Facts are facts.

Labour have managed to kick the aspiration out of the UK very swiftly.

Not to mention the fact they've created mass unemployment.

What, as some sort of penalty for being in the South? 😂

If the 'chat' round your way say it, it must be true. 🙄

Southerners must REALLY hate Northerners if you're thinking like this 😂

Get a grip OP.

If you live in a £2million house in Westminster you pay £1200 council tax. It’s the absolute maximum you can pay there.

Assuming he does become PM an election would be in around 2 years, hopefully that'll be the end of labour and he won't have time to implement it.

What £2M house pays £1200 ct? If you look around in Europe, they either pay miniscule amounts compared to us or don’t pay it at all. The government should tax wealth and landowners (not small farmers) and certainly not wrack the middle classes further

Well you are a socialist obviously and would say that.
Many have mortgages that they would not be able to afford and have to sell and move as the repayments would become unmanageable. I have worked very hard and saved all
my life. I am 84 and live in a four bed house so my grandchildren can stay and other friends from abroad. Instead of spending on flashy stuff I have driven an old Honda and bought clothes secondhand. And saved and invested. Now I have to give it to someone else. I am going to be taxed out now of my home and families and “hardworking people” can live here. I should be in a modest one bed somewhere. Wish I had spent every penny I earned and then I would be given a council flat and loads of freebies.
The hateful remarks I get from some is dreadful. Saying I should move out to a little flat. If I had a husband then it would be regarded as OK probably. Nobody would tell a couple they have to sell up.

I'm in the north west and worried about it. We have high earners on this estate who are part time because they lose to much if they earn over £100k (Dr) and people on part benefits who work part time because it's made up by housing benefits. It's crazy no one has an insentive to work full time.

It is going to be interesting. He has been very open to private investment in Manchester from both UK and foreign investors. I wonder if he will bring that approach to Downing Street too, or if he will feel more constrained.

I don't even know who or what the 'London elites' are these days (and I say that as someone who works in the corporate world in central London). What is the current definition of a London elite?

AB has gone on record with his belief that the Labour party is too ‘London centric’, most recently last month.

Large swathes of the South might agree.

He is on record over time as one of the more anti-elitist politicians of any stripe. Unlike Farage, he both walks the walk and talks the talk.

None of this suggests that he dislikes ordinary Southerners, Londoners or reporters.

What’s wrong with taking pride in your background, whether you are from Taunton or Kensington or Alderley Edge or Liverpool? Or indeed Blackpool?

Actually no.
Council Tax funds LOCAL services.
Why are you expecting someone who lives in a house in Westminster to fund services elsewhere? Council tax is collected from a higher density of housing in Westminster along with huge business rates from all the businesses there.
Now we can talk about changes but that is a different premise to Council Tax at present.
Which would be pretty galling for me as I have moved in the last year and paid stamp duty.

Not SEND kids.