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Oct 18, 2024 Policy

How to reform property tax

Property taxes are probably more in need of reform than any other area of UK tax. We have three taxes on property: stamp duty (SDLT), council tax and business rates. They’re bad taxes: they’re unpopular, inequitable, and they hold back growth. There is a way to change this, and tax land in a way that […]

Aug 22, 2024 Analysis • Policy

Why Rachel Reeves should stop snails avoiding business rates

BBC Merseyside is reporting on a ludicrous attempt to avoid business rates using snails. It is so stupid that I cannot do justice to it – please read the story (radio version here). This is, however, just one of many stupid schemes to avoid business rates. And the bizarre thing is that historically they have […]