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One of the things they say is that Local Government will get back Business Rates. I should bloody well think so. I was stunned because I never even knew that central government already stole that money from local government in the first place. In large industrial areas (such as where I live) that can amount to a massive amount of money from businesses. I can't imagine central government would give all that away without being able to replace the loss by stealing money from local government in some other way.

They other thing they say is that their ideas will mean that it will fairer because it will be based on income. Don't people on low income already pay less on a slidling scale anyway (community charge rebates)? Yes, I rather think they do.

Perhaps like any other radical change in taxation it offers the government the chance to further complicate and stealth/hide things so most hard working people will probably end up paying more anyway. Perhaps they should trial it in a couple of areas first and see how it goes.