The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Local Government – which has Tory representation – has called for massive tax-raising powers to be handed to local authorities. Nicely timed with devo-mad Burnham’s entry to No10…
The newly published proposals:
There is a striking proposal to let all authorities raise taxes by however much they want:
“One example is removing the referendum principles, which place a ceiling on the percentage of council tax local authorities can raise… Ministers could restore this autonomy simply by choosing not to issue referendum principles for 2027-28, restoring the position before the Localism Act was introduced…if councils facing acute financial pressures can be trusted to set higher council tax rates – some because of their own poor leadership – why can’t all local authorities do so?”
The APPG is made up of two Labour MPs, a LibDem, and even Tory MP Simon Hoare. Everyone is scampering to offer Andy Burnham ideas on how to make the tax burden even worse for Brits…
Lee Anderson, speaking to The Sun’s Tom Scotson, reveals the wokest thing he’s ever done: “I once had a vegetarian thought, about becoming a vegetarian. That was quickly dismissed when I had a bacon sandwich…”