Reeves plan to tax houses over 500k PART TWO

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I am not the OP from the OP!

Bring back the workhouse!!

Or copy Singapore.

I AM VOTING FOR YOU

Yes likewise

RR has an absolute cheek

Retirement flats are notoriously bad at holding value and can be very difficult to sell. Of course if you’ve shuffled off your mortal coil it’s not your problem, but I’ve heard horror stories of families being pursued for the service charges by management companies after the death of a relative while they struggle to sell the flat.

I would move to a two bedroom. We have an office, an extended kitchen, 2 bathrooms, a dining room, a big garden. It's in a sought after area, in the catchment for good schools. We would want to release equity - but not at the expense of £100k plus!

How is he part funded by healthcare owners?

I think it’s great that he is ploughing money into private services to get waiting lists down, aren’t you? It’s a good use of public money. The Scottish government refuse to do any such thing and as a result over 5,200 people have been waiting more than 2 years for a simple outpatient appointment. The number of people waiting more than 2 years in England is 1% of the Scottish figure.

What support do people with adhd need?

You know, £400 a month and a free car support. That does the trick.

Very good point

It’s a spectrum - but most just need employers to be a little understanding with adjustments.

the biggest issue is no support in schools though - and that’s across the board - we’re not educating kids for the modern world anymore

Our house is 400 years old and listed. There’s no way the listing would allow the changes to “modern standards”. We don’t have cavity walls for a start. We do still have a layer of rushes under the floorboards though.

How would that have been achieved, exactly?

What a nasty ableist post.

Ask the Tories

I would agree with most of above, but I would reintroduce polytechnics. And night classes for adults.
But as a child I didn’t like sport but loved dance and gymnastics, but I had to endure netball. I love yoga and Pilates and HIIT. So would like that type of workout available instead of football and netball.

Not at all. PIP is a wonderful thing for those that need it. Unfortunately a Lot of people who do not need it, get it. And that costs the uk tax payer millions if not billions.

It is not ‘ableist’ to call out scammers.

You can try that one in attempt to shut down debate, but it doesn’t wash any more than calling a sex realist a bigot.

We will have debate and people will challenge things without prejudice.

Your comment about £400 and a free car is nasty, and your assertion that ADHD is not a disability is ableist.

No more income tax rises. Sick of people expecting middle earners to pay more and can barely survive the cost of living. Plus ridiculous disincentives for people higher up the income scale. Tax bands frozen for years while cost of living soars. Benefits need to be reduced. Reeves tried this and her back benches wouldn't allow it. I know it's unpopular and unthinkable to say on here but I do know families with higher monthly pay than us due to benefits. Bloody insane when you work 40+ hours a week.

I’ve just been doing the maths on this proposal. We are planning to move in 2026 (can’t before then, for reasons). If we have to pay the 0.54% above £500k as an annual property tax, it would take us 10.5 years to break even to the same amount of what we would have paid if we paid the stamp duty tax upfront as current. BUT we would have to pay this property tax every year for as long as we live in the house, so we would be MASSIVELY overpaying overall compared to current.

So this is like having a leasehold house with the government as the freeholder. The house would never really be ours as we would have to pay this tax for the rest of our lives living there hoping we can still afford it when we’re 80? We are f**ked.

Not at all. PIP is a wonderful thing for those that need it. Unfortunately a Lot of people who do not need it, get it. And that costs the uk tax payer millions if not billions.

It is not ‘ableist’ to call out scammers.
You can try that one in attempt to shut down debate, but it doesn’t wash any more than calling a sex realist a bigot.

We will have debate and people will challenge things without prejudice

@Fretfulmum asset seizing by stealth. We will all be equal but some will still be forced to work harder than others. Tories are the same. I hate them way more than Labour. They had 14 years to sort things out and did nothing. The fact is the rich are fine and people on benefits are fine. Middle earners are a nuisance and should be put in their place. No political party has the will to sort the country out realistically. They get booted out after 4 years and the whole useless cycle starts again. I'm older now and tired. I have no desire to play these games anymore. I just feel extremely sad for the young who will never have anything unless they're born in to wealth.

So you said before. I don't agree with you. Copying and pasting your statement again makes no difference.

Yup, we need more state run specialist schools as ADHD and ASD grows. Having SEN children in mainstream schooling is damaging the education of both the SEN kids and the non-SEN kids.

What people with ADHD don’t need are PIP and carers.

Out of interest who will be valuing the houses to decide their worth?

Also houses will fluctuate in price depending on market conditions/local area changing/interior or exterior being in need of repair. Are these houses going to have yearly valuations, particularly houses like the one I live in which when last valued was around 500k. Has it gone up or has it gone down? Who decides? Maybe it will be valued on the price we bought it for 12 years ago.