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For what it's worth I would abolish the council tax as a way of raising local government funds, as it's related to property value, and replace it with a local income tax which is based upon earnings and is therefore truly in line with ability to pay. However, that's another issue.
Wouldn’t the demographics of residents within properties make that a lot harder to find a fairer way of taxing those that could afford it? One three bedroom house could potentially have 4 earners (given the difficulty for young people to buy) compared to a retired person next door in identical property?
I live in a cul-de-sac with about 20 similar properties, with hugely different income/outgoing set ups throughout. Won’t be long before my kids reach working age, couple next door are retired on low pension, guy over the road is businessman (their kids have left home and his wife doesn’t work), next to him retired couple on really good pensions.
When I moved from a two bedroom flat to a 3 bedroom house the council tax increase wasn’t something I could honestly say I felt aggrieved by. Bigger house bigger costs, seemed logical.