Posting again for @Clavinova. The Labour Party stance on land value tax:
Labour is the best and only option for working people. We would ensure that tax on property remains low, while the Conservatives cost you more. WLabour is the best and only option for working people. We would ensure that tax on property remains low, while the Conservatives cost you more. We won’t be taxing people’s gardens. The Tories are throwing around false claims to try and distract from their own policies.
Labour’s plan is for a fair taxation system where those on middle and lower incomes are protected. We have ruled out increasing VAT or National Insurance and we won’t put up income tax for anyone but the richest five per cent of the population. The Conservatives have failed to match this commitment. Theresa May would hit working people and pensioners with further tax rises.
The Conservatives want to deny this truth. They are trying to play politics and spread scare stories about what Labour is planning. They are deliberately trying to mislead people.
Here are the facts about our tax plans.
Labour’s will not be introducing a new tax on people’s homes
We won’t be taxing people’s gardens; it’s not going to happen. The Tories are simply throwing around false claims to try and distract from their own real policies: to hit pensioners and working people with a dementia tax, cuts to the Winter Fuel Allowance and further tax rises on middle and low earners.
Labour’s manifesto commits us to making council tax fairer: our plan is to see what needs to be done to ensure that working people don’t pay more. We'll look at how we can make council tax fairer but we’ll not be introducing a separate Land Value Tax on residential property.
Labour costs you less
Council tax is lower with Labour: Where Labour controls the local council, households will pay on average £336 less this year than those living in Conservative areas.
Conservatives cost you more: The Conservatives said they would keep council tax down, yet it is rising rapidly and will be 25 per cent higher by the end of the decade than in 2015. The average council tax per dwelling in a Labour council area is £1042.31, versus £1,378.45 in Tory council areas.
Labour will ensure a fair tax system. We will protect lower and middle earners in the tax system while the Tories refuse to rule out new tax increases for these people.
Labour’s sensible, fully-costed plans are the right approach for working people. We will build a country for the many not just a privileged few. We won’t be taxing people’s gardens. The Tories are throwing around false claims to try and distract from their own policies.
Labour’s plan is for a fair taxation system where those on middle and lower incomes are protected. We have ruled out increasing VAT or National Insurance and we won’t put up income tax for anyone but the richest five per cent of the population. The Conservatives have failed to match this commitment. Theresa May would hit working people and pensioners with further tax rises.
The Conservatives want to deny this truth. They are trying to play politics and spread scare stories about what Labour is planning. They are deliberately trying to mislead people.
Here are the facts about our tax plans.
Labour’s will not be introducing a new tax on people’s homes
We won’t be taxing people’s gardens; it’s not going to happen. The Tories are simply throwing around false claims to try and distract from their own real policies: to hit pensioners and working people with a dementia tax, cuts to the Winter Fuel Allowance and further tax rises on middle and low earners.
Labour’s manifesto commits us to making council tax fairer: our plan is to see what needs to be done to ensure that working people don’t pay more. We'll look at how we can make council tax fairer but we’ll not be introducing a separate Land Value Tax on residential property.
Labour costs you less
Council tax is lower with Labour: Where Labour controls the local council, households will pay on average £336 less this year than those living in Conservative areas.
Conservatives cost you more: The Conservatives said they would keep council tax down, yet it is rising rapidly and will be 25 per cent higher by the end of the decade than in 2015. The average council tax per dwelling in a Labour council area is £1042.31, versus £1,378.45 in Tory council areas.
Labour will ensure a fair tax system. We will protect lower and middle earners in the tax system while the Tories refuse to rule out new tax increases for these people.
Labour’s sensible, fully-costed plans are the right approach for working people. We will build a country for the many not just a privileged few.