Labour isn't Working - Thread 37

[NoWordForFluffy]

In Nuthatch's absence, I've been asked to start the new thread!

A chat thread for those of us who don't like this Labour government.

"Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery."

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id base it on housing standards
( we still use those from the 70s )

A single rm of 7m2 is a housing standard for a bedroom whether you use it for storage or crafts is irrelevant
A sofabed in a living room does not make it a bedroom

Prices go up
and down.

The way Burnham is going he will crash the market, so will he then refund the tax paid on the higher valuation?

Why doesn't a sofa bed in a living room make it a standard? Is this to protect holiday lets?

Who's going to check all the 25.6million houses in England alone?

Edit thanks for your reply.

Number of people is the fairest way.

So a family of five, two adults and three children, pay the most?

No
The standards weren’t set up to cheat the system
They are housing design standards that we still use
They aren’t set in law and just advisory
but they can easily be used to define what a bedroom is and HAs and council house designs were / are based on them

In terms of how this is assessed
There's there’s the million dollar question
Sale details ? Perhaps and if you don’t agree you’d have to appeal
but saying you use a 7m2 room for crafts would be irrelevant
Because It would simply be too expensive for the Govn to run and open to abuse

Depends if it was like the old poll tax which only charged adults

Given that a lot of adults who go to university and pay council tax and then return to their families, are those students liable for payment in both houses?

Uni students are exempt atm

Why not?

They use services, they are on receipt of CB, at the least, why shouldn’t they?