[Pierre]

It's a difficult issue, but the current system has to change. At the moment we are seeing people who have worked hard all their lives to pay off their mortgage and hopefully have enough money in their pension for retirement - being forced to sell the homes they worked so hard for because they cannot pay the council tax.

So the pensioner in a nice house they have earned has to pay the same amount as the family of 15 in a council estate that probably haven't worked a day in their lives and who probably get their council tax paid for in benefits anyway.

The poll tax at the other end of the spectrum was nearly a good idea but this benefitted the rich people who lived in mansions and earned millions but paid the same as a single parent on an estate.

what is required is a blend of the two, based on the income of the property and the value of the property. Also IMO pensioners should be exempt (or at least those that have paid their tax's all their lives)

What is the point of trying to make a better life for yourself so that when you retire you can't afford to live in your house, and if you sell it or pass it onto your kids bloody Brown is there to take his cut.