Council tax revaluation ruled out
 

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It was done here... and it seemed to make everyone pay more :dozey:

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Good! Shame they didn't do that for business rates as well, one of my premises had its rates doubled this year with no warning or explanation :dozey:

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Of course we only have Pickles's word that there was any such thing as State Snoopers, where is the proof?

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True, it's not as though New Labour's reign was characterised by state interference, nannying etc. is it?.... :rolleyes: ;)

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Now there's a surprise.... :rolleyes: :D

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They will want to increase the council tax as they are still smarting over the Poll Tax riots and them having to repeal it.

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They're intending to get their own back for the Tolpuddle Martyrs and the Luddites too.....;)

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:confused:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2...to-council-tax
http://financialadvice.co.uk/news/ta...e-poorest.html

I sense an anti-Tory, still obsessed with Thatcher, who the current Conservative party don't even remotely resemble.

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If it follows the welsh lead we could end up with increases in our council tax bills of £300 plus would you be happy with that.

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Those were done by Labour, this coalition has ruled them out, so your post has no basis in fact and just comes across as a random poorly informed pop against the Conservative party.

I know you're unhappy about what happened in the 80s / early 90s but that was then and this is now.

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Won't have most houses decreased in value since the last valuation?

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No ... house valuations for council tax purposes are based on their value in 1991. The argument in favour of revaluation is that in the 20-odd years since, houses have not all increased in value at the same rate. Based on a 2010 valuation, some homes would go into a higher band while others would drop to a lower band. The argument against revaluation is the likelihood that more homes would move up a band or two than down one, resulting in hefty council tax increases for many people.

I have first-hand experience of this, and it's not pleasant. A house can be re-banded when it is sold; a few months after we bought ours we got a letter saying it was going up a band. They never visited as far as I'm aware, however a few nifty calculations revealed that they had pretty accurately extrapolated its 1991 value, allowing for inflation, from what we actually paid for it in 2005.

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One reason it was pushed in Wales was to increase value for Right To Buy sales, putting many potential buyers off... but then again so did the sudden £16k limit on discounts.