Absolutely sick of the Tories and their austerity… Wait, oh, I mean good on Labour for making tough choices in regard to the budget deficit.
JimJonesdrinkkoolaid on
I remember when she used to market herself as a socialist. Anything for power though ay.
P1wattsy on
Whenever they say ‘no plans’ that always means they absolutely intend to do it, they just don’t want to tell you yet
OriginalZumbie on
Getting rid of the single person 25% discount would royally piss me off. Theyd better not.
Scared-Room-9962 on
Local Councils are drowning. No one wants to pay more though. Of course they’ll whinge about the state of the roads etc but paying more? Out of the question.
High-Tom-Titty on
Maybe council tax should be a combination of pay per person, and property size and value. There’s never going to be a truly fair system, but I don’t think a single person living in a 2 bed house should have to pay the same as their family of 5 neighbour with the same house, just with a loft conversion and extension.
0Neverland0 on
There isn’t much choice about raising council tax, the cost of temporary accoomodation and social care is ever grinding hire. Council tax needs reform with the wealthy paying a lot more.
Fair_Use_9604 on
Great. Just fucking over single people harder. Modern life is already designed for double incomes, but I guess if you’re not in a relationship then you’re just rubbish.
AppropriateAd6922 on
Don’t raise council tax, replace it with a property tax or land tax.
Getting rid of the single person discount would be pretty wild. The stuff that is expensive for the council is generally people, particularly children and the elderly, not households.
Jake257 on
Will never ever vote Labour again if they scrap single person discount!
technurse on
They do seem to be very “for the working family”. As a single person apparently I’m not worth their time. Thankfully I could accommodate a 25% rise, but there are a hell of a lot of people that wouldn’t be able to.
Clean-One-2903 on
That would be a bad move.
The increase in tax revenue has to come from big business and the super wealthy not from the average householder.
Unless of course they finally overhaul the Council Tax system which is desperately unfair and out dated.
Our labour council already cut in my area just before they came to power, my elderly mother (cancer patient) went from full coverage of council tax to now having to find an extra £90 per month from what little benefit she was recieving. Another cut would be devastating.
jtthom on
Just do a fucking rebanding. Then draft a bill for council tax reform where we move to an annual land tax while you work out how much etc.
madboater1 on
I have supported Labour in this election, I was hoping to get rid of the rot. However, removing a discount not equating to a rise is the sort of technically correct gotcha my 11 year old tries to use to get out of tidying their room.
Jakes_Snake_ on
What about the council tax exemption for foreign students
AlphaGold11 on
You can imagine a pensioner living alone… Will pay £600 extra winter fuel and now an extra £300 for council, they really don’t care about people.
Diligent-Till-8832 on
So yep, they are raising Council Tax then!
It’s always Joe Public that gets shafted in this country….
Quintless on
what’s the point of having such an incredible majority if they’re still not willing to take the genuine tough decisions. (not just repeating tough decisions ad nauseam)
Memes_Haram on
They should just scrap it all together and replace it with property taxes
BongoHunter on
They need a tax that only impacts the super rich.
99.9% of the population wouldn’t be impacted, and those that it did impact get to live in a nicer society that’s less likely to show up at their house and lynch them when the wheels all fall off the current system.
jeremybeadleshand on
This would be a disaster, those who live alone already struggling and get fuck all support and all we ever hear about is families this families that.
shredditorburnit on
I mean, why raise tax from people who can afford it when there’s people who can’t afford it to be plundered?
NagromNitsuj on
The next time we vote. I suggest remembering this attack on us all. Vote chaos.
neemo2357 on
Only a turdbrain would ever trust a word of the tories in any & all colours
Dull_Half_6107 on
Are they trying to speed run losing all the goodwill they came into office with?
LifeMasterpiece6475 on
A lot of single occupied houses are in fact pensioners, so they’ve got rid of the heating allowance now they want to squeeze the old folk even harder..
Almost like they’re trying to push them to either starve or freeze to death quicker, so they can both save on the NHS care cost and increase the amount of houses on the market.
Original_Bad_3416 on
I wound be fucked if single CT discount doesn’t apply. I’m leaving on edge as it is, it’s scary.
Zero chance of getting a lodger (1 bed) and absolutely ZERO chance I’m being forced to have a partner.
Puzzleheaded_Hat5235 on
We should have a property tax instead, but i can see the unintended consequences of old people with expensive homes not being able to afford it. I heard some countries have services whereby you can sell a home to X, on the condition the seller can remain for the remainder of their life.
However, this will create a situation whereby poor places still can be underfunded and wealthy areas councils will have excess cash. National govt gets the property tax £ but that gets distributed to councils based on population?
yatterer on
They should wait until Feb 14 for this to come into effect, to really drive the whole “we are psychic vampires who feed on misery” thing home.
BroodLord1962 on
So cut discounts basically hitting those that need it most. That should free up some homes as single people end up homeless
nazrinz3 on
Labour has already said that everyone has to do their part, it can’t just be rich people paying for all the peons to stay at home, it has to be fair, I’m glad this government has a backbone
Saltypeon on
Feels like the are going to means test the discounts, means test everything by the look of it…
AnakinDislikesSand on
Labour voters having any of that buyers remorse yet?
arncl on
If anything, rather than scrapping the discount for single people, they should be adding an additional rate for larger families.
It isn’t fair that a couple pay the same rate as a family of 5+
inspired_corn on
I’m sorry but this sort of thing shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone. I keep seeing people act as if they were hoodwinked by Labour but that’s just not true. Starmer and his neoliberal pals told you exactly what they were going to do, you just didn’t listen.
PurahsHero on
Of course they have no plans. Central Government doesn’t see the level of Council Tax. Local councils do.
Chest_RockweII on
The sooner people realise Labour and The Tories are a uni party the better
Patient-Wolverine-87 on
Might be a way to ease the housing crisis by forcing those in 1 person households to start sharing…. Just a thought.
Though I still fundamentally disagree with this
diebadguy1 on
Anyone actually read the article? They asked her if she will stick to not raising council taxes and she said “yes” she answered the only question asked of her, hardly refusing to comment on it.
Stop getting rage baited from headlines. Wait for the damn budget to come out
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Absolutely sick of the Tories and their austerity… Wait, oh, I mean good on Labour for making tough choices in regard to the budget deficit.
I remember when she used to market herself as a socialist. Anything for power though ay.
Whenever they say ‘no plans’ that always means they absolutely intend to do it, they just don’t want to tell you yet
Getting rid of the single person 25% discount would royally piss me off. Theyd better not.
Local Councils are drowning. No one wants to pay more though. Of course they’ll whinge about the state of the roads etc but paying more? Out of the question.
Maybe council tax should be a combination of pay per person, and property size and value. There’s never going to be a truly fair system, but I don’t think a single person living in a 2 bed house should have to pay the same as their family of 5 neighbour with the same house, just with a loft conversion and extension.
There isn’t much choice about raising council tax, the cost of temporary accoomodation and social care is ever grinding hire. Council tax needs reform with the wealthy paying a lot more.
Great. Just fucking over single people harder. Modern life is already designed for double incomes, but I guess if you’re not in a relationship then you’re just rubbish.
Don’t raise council tax, replace it with a property tax or land tax.
Getting rid of the single person discount would be pretty wild. The stuff that is expensive for the council is generally people, particularly children and the elderly, not households.
Will never ever vote Labour again if they scrap single person discount!
They do seem to be very “for the working family”. As a single person apparently I’m not worth their time. Thankfully I could accommodate a 25% rise, but there are a hell of a lot of people that wouldn’t be able to.
That would be a bad move.
The increase in tax revenue has to come from big business and the super wealthy not from the average householder.
Unless of course they finally overhaul the Council Tax system which is desperately unfair and out dated.
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/apr/07/a-deeply-broken-system-is-it-time-england-abandoned-council-tax
Our labour council already cut in my area just before they came to power, my elderly mother (cancer patient) went from full coverage of council tax to now having to find an extra £90 per month from what little benefit she was recieving. Another cut would be devastating.
Just do a fucking rebanding. Then draft a bill for council tax reform where we move to an annual land tax while you work out how much etc.
I have supported Labour in this election, I was hoping to get rid of the rot. However, removing a discount not equating to a rise is the sort of technically correct gotcha my 11 year old tries to use to get out of tidying their room.
What about the council tax exemption for foreign students
You can imagine a pensioner living alone… Will pay £600 extra winter fuel and now an extra £300 for council, they really don’t care about people.
So yep, they are raising Council Tax then!
It’s always Joe Public that gets shafted in this country….
what’s the point of having such an incredible majority if they’re still not willing to take the genuine tough decisions. (not just repeating tough decisions ad nauseam)
They should just scrap it all together and replace it with property taxes
They need a tax that only impacts the super rich.
99.9% of the population wouldn’t be impacted, and those that it did impact get to live in a nicer society that’s less likely to show up at their house and lynch them when the wheels all fall off the current system.
This would be a disaster, those who live alone already struggling and get fuck all support and all we ever hear about is families this families that.
I mean, why raise tax from people who can afford it when there’s people who can’t afford it to be plundered?
The next time we vote. I suggest remembering this attack on us all. Vote chaos.
Only a turdbrain would ever trust a word of the tories in any & all colours
Are they trying to speed run losing all the goodwill they came into office with?
A lot of single occupied houses are in fact pensioners, so they’ve got rid of the heating allowance now they want to squeeze the old folk even harder..
Almost like they’re trying to push them to either starve or freeze to death quicker, so they can both save on the NHS care cost and increase the amount of houses on the market.
I wound be fucked if single CT discount doesn’t apply. I’m leaving on edge as it is, it’s scary.
Zero chance of getting a lodger (1 bed) and absolutely ZERO chance I’m being forced to have a partner.
We should have a property tax instead, but i can see the unintended consequences of old people with expensive homes not being able to afford it. I heard some countries have services whereby you can sell a home to X, on the condition the seller can remain for the remainder of their life.
However, this will create a situation whereby poor places still can be underfunded and wealthy areas councils will have excess cash. National govt gets the property tax £ but that gets distributed to councils based on population?
They should wait until Feb 14 for this to come into effect, to really drive the whole “we are psychic vampires who feed on misery” thing home.
So cut discounts basically hitting those that need it most. That should free up some homes as single people end up homeless
Labour has already said that everyone has to do their part, it can’t just be rich people paying for all the peons to stay at home, it has to be fair, I’m glad this government has a backbone
Feels like the are going to means test the discounts, means test everything by the look of it…
Labour voters having any of that buyers remorse yet?
If anything, rather than scrapping the discount for single people, they should be adding an additional rate for larger families.
It isn’t fair that a couple pay the same rate as a family of 5+
I’m sorry but this sort of thing shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone. I keep seeing people act as if they were hoodwinked by Labour but that’s just not true. Starmer and his neoliberal pals told you exactly what they were going to do, you just didn’t listen.
Of course they have no plans. Central Government doesn’t see the level of Council Tax. Local councils do.
The sooner people realise Labour and The Tories are a uni party the better
Might be a way to ease the housing crisis by forcing those in 1 person households to start sharing…. Just a thought.
Though I still fundamentally disagree with this
Anyone actually read the article? They asked her if she will stick to not raising council taxes and she said “yes” she answered the only question asked of her, hardly refusing to comment on it.
Stop getting rage baited from headlines. Wait for the damn budget to come out