Debate Continues on Potential Care and Mansion Taxes
Discussions are ongoing regarding potential new taxes, including a 'care tax' and a 'mansion tax,' with warnings that the latter could negatively impact councils. The implications of these proposed taxes are being debated.
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My generation shouldn’t be scared of a care tax – we’re paying one already | Gaby Hinsliff
If Andy Burnham is minded to grasp the nettle, he will need to sell it to people like me. The right will call it a ‘death tax’ – why not a levy for ageing well? One of the last things Andy Burnham did before entering Downing Street was to go and see his father. Now living in a nursing home, Roy Burnham has Alzheimer’s and isn’t really aware of his son’s new job. But perhaps the prime minister wanted, in part, to try to explain why he might not be visiting so often in future. Gaby Hinsliff is ...
By Gaby Hinsliff
Read full article →Burnham warned mansion tax could leave council’s worse off
Burnham had previously described the concept as symbolising ‘the politics of envy’ but has recently backed changes to property taxes
By Jonathan Bunn
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