Would you support a BIG second home tax?

I appreciate that and of course taxation will/ could have an effect on consumer spending which as we all know is a very very important ingredient in inflation and our economy.
May I ask the £37 billion.....will this never be looked into/investigated?

 

About as much chance as North Korea holding a public enquiry to look into nuclear weapons testing.

 

What about the 55 million we pay France to stop migrants coming here ,clearly not working so S--- Pritel says she going to hold some of the payment back ,bet France are laughing their socks off.

 

Whilst I love to attack Boris’ government as much as the next man, the £37bn app is a bit of a nonsense. It’s a great headline, but if we truly are going to find the corruption we need to be a bit more forensic in our accusations.

The government announced ‘up to £37bn’ in expenditure for test track and trace, to be headed up by Ms Harding.

No one currently knows how much of that £37bn has been spent (it will eventually have to be reported though). But what is simple to evaluate is that testing is currently eating much more of that resource than tracing.

We have no idea what the app cost, but given that we could have got an alternative for virtually free, I’d be gobsmacked if it comes in at multiple billions.

Like I say, I’m all in favour of chucking rocks at this sh itshow of a government but let’s keep it sensible otherwise we become the bad guys making wild baseless allegations

 

It would be (far) cheaper to build a centre in Calais, where an asylum seeker/refugee can walk in and register for asylum in the UK, and they are then shipped over here while their claim is processed in a timely manner based on their reason for entry, and what they can bring to the country. Anyone that fails can be deported provided the HO follows the law to the letter...

 

https://committees.parliament.uk/co...central-promise-of-averting-another-lockdown/

 

There you go, complete mismanagement. I didn’t read all the detail but the opening page confirms most of the money went on testing. And the greatest waste is payment of ‘consultants’.
So let’s agree it’s not a £37bn app

 

The Foreign Office will need those savings to pay the Taliban to release Afghans eligible to come here.

 

I've not read the entire thread but as a landlord, it's already becoming barely profitable. The tax changes over the years, legislation changes (ie tenants don't get charged fees, but these are instead paid for by the landlord). Some areas charge a landlord license fee as well.

When you throw in the cost of a new fridge, boiler etc (there's always something), it soon becomes unsustainable for small time landlords. Someone mentioned a 5% ROI, this is very optimistic and is without all of the costs outlined above in my experience.

Unfortunately it's a big circle - rents increase because of these changes.