Council tax should be replaced with new property levy, Burnham told
Andy Burnham is “absolutely persuadable” that council tax reform can be outlined in this year’s Budget, Labour MPs believe. MPs...
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The Left is cheering a purge of London’s ordinary homeowners
Let’s be clear about what this would mean.If you’re very rich, you can pay this out of pocket, and if...
Property tax: What new homes levy could Andy Burnham back and how would it affect Londoners?
Now that Andy Burnham has made his home in No10, a new property tax could be on the cards. In...
The winners and losers under a Burnham property tax shake-up
For a two-bedroom flat near Canary Wharf, last bought for £380,000 in May 2024, the current Band D council tax...
Andy Burnham Rules Out Changes to UK Stamp Duty in Budget
(Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Andy Burnham ruled out any changes to the UK's stamp duty tax on property purchases in...
Burnham weighs replacing council tax and stamp duty, as petition forces Commons debate
A petition calling for council tax and stamp duty to be scrapped and replaced with a single property tax has...
Property tax reform divides UK regions, survey finds
A survey of 2,203 UK adults has revealed significant regional differences in attitudes towards replacing council tax and stamp duty...
Land value tax could take five years to implement, says BoE
Sir John Gieve, former Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, has outlined the case for introducing a land value...
The homeowners in the crosshairs of a Burnham property tax raid
Homeowners in the Chilterns could be forced to pay hundreds of millions of pounds more for living in their homes...
Councils spend record £1.26bn a year on temporary housing
Expenditure was heavily concentrated in London, with £739m spent in 2024-25, but parts of England had also seen their spending...
