The link between what a household pays and the services it receives is weak, and that needs to change
Many older people live in homes that have risen in value but who rely on fixed pensions.
A neighbourly ritual is under way across the country. Quiet chats before next week’s filing deadline for the Local Property Tax (LPT). Everyone wants to collectively agree the band for where they live: not too much, not too little.
Nobody likes paying tax. Yet taxation is not only how a Government raises money; it is also how a society expresses fairness. It reveals what we value, what we protect and what we ask of those who have more.
