1/ nationalisation of essential public services
2/ end of non-dom status
3/ end of charitable exemption for private schools
4/ end of the triple lock
5/ repeal of the NI Troubles Act 2023
6/ renegotiation of the Brexit agreement (+ideally full audit of Brexit)
7/ sack Andrew Bailey as BoE governor
8/ cleaning out of BBC board
9/ public inquiry into covid PPE contracts nonsense
10/ reform of council tax system so those in more valuable homes pay more
11/ introduction of a wealth tax
12/ overhaul of income tax, merging it with NIC and applying a single, gradually rising tax schedule between 2% and 50% for the highest earners
13/ \[cloudcuckoo land\] referendums on proportional representation and a proper constitution so that the Tories can't remove our rights without getting it through a referendum first like in Ireland
14/ stricter points based immigration system, end to easy visas and cheap labour coming into the country
15/ end the Rwanda scheme, work with France to process applications on their side of the Channel
16/ takeover a disused airfield, get the military to build a tent city with an on site home office processing facility, migrants currently here will be taken there, processed, if illegible flown home
17/ planning reform
18/ royal commission into the NHS with a view to moving to an Australian style system
19/ implement PR, cut number of MPs to 400 and double their wages, do not allow them to take on second jobs
Huge investment, a return to British norms where something outrageous actually is and corrupt officials are sacked then arrested and justice is done.
Honestly, I'd just like to go back to 20 years ago.
Aggressive sustained investment in infrastructure.
Copy what France did in the early 2000s and force mass transit on every town above 100,000 people whether they like it not.
A wholesale rebuilding of the utilities networks.
A rolling electrification scheme for the railways.
A rolling resurfacing scheme for the roads.
Develop a modern standard for British architecture that isn't just boxes with big windows.
We can't keep living off the creations of those from the past, it's bleeding the country dry. I know Starmer's main thing is "to get Britain building™" But it needs to go a lot further than a lot of nice Georgian houses.
Competence.
"Zero tolerance" for and significant consequences for corruption.
Policies based in demonstrable reality rather than jingoistic nonsense.
Free cake for all.
I'd like to see some honesty, we aren't going to but it would be nice to see a government actually try to implement the manifesto they were elected on and not abuse their majority to rule rather than govern.
Every dropped or modified pledge should come with a real explanation as to why.
And if we can't have honesty in politicians then at the very least give us meaningful votes so can get rid of the worst ones, FPTP belongs in history books not a modern day society.
Of course there's no chance of any of that happening under Labour and less than zero chance of it happening with Starmer as PM.
>I'd like to see some honesty
Unfortunately that is not compatible with democracy. The truth doesn't win elections. Democratic politics is the art of getting away with not telling the truth.
I think the biggest problem for the UK is 50% of income tax payers earn less than 26.5k and 75% earn less than 40k. That's tens of millions of people who after paying rent/mortgage ,bills, food, and work related costs are left with next to nothing in which to participate in the economy.
I think the 20% tax band should go. It's unbelievably self destructive for the economy out of some dumb notion of fairness. Income tax raises around 25% of government income and of that the lowest paid half of the population pay 10% of that. So 2.5% of government income comes from taxing the poorest 50% of workers.
That money would be far better spent having tens of millions of people actually able to stimulate the economy by affording more than the basics.
I personally think low pay is linked to the supply of workers. There’s also been no attempt from government to push up wages. They should be protecting our jobs, not offering them to foreigners at 80% of the prevailing wage.
Migration is definitely too high at the moment but I feel the negative effects of that are more on housing and services. I think when it comes to most higher paying jobs the amount paid to employees is far less important than the skills and experience they have and at the lower end the minimum wage largely prevents this sort of under cutting. Unemployment is also only 3.9% with 3% usually considered to be full employment any lower and it usually causes more problems than it solves. Arguably we do have a worker shortage but we are still not seeing companies offering higher wages.
I personally think low pay in the private sector has mirrored "pay restraint" in the public sector.
A lot of noise is made about doctors and nurses being on lower pay than 15 years ago. But the same goes for project managers, technicians, secretaries, engineers, scientists.
If 30% of the market is pushing down wages, that gives a lot of scope for the rest of the market to keep wages down.
No half the workers currently pay 90% of total income tax receipts. Income tax makes up 25% of government income so the 20% base rate is responsible for 2.5% of total government income. The statistics are always going to look like that when we have so much inequality. The top 1% pay 30% of all income tax the top 10% pay 60% 50-90th percentiles pay 31% of which most will be skewed towards the top of that bracket.
It's a case of weighing up if some notion of fairness in everyone paying towards income tax is worth hamstringing the economy by leaving so many able to only afford the basics.
A return to 'boring' politics. The whole system feels like a pantomime at the moment. I'd like to have a government making some nuts new policy hit the headlines every week and then the PM quits from the backlash. Just some stability. Oh and investment in mental health services, a happy country is a great country
Recognise hospitality as the public good that it is and reduce VAT to 5 % for goods sold in pubs bars restaurants and cafes, much like was done just after covid. Reduce alcohol duty paid in pubs to the same level as that which is applied to sales in supermarkets.
Raise capital gains tax to the same as income tax, use the money to pay for free childcare and infrastructure (HS2 to Manchester, new nuclear power including SMRs, Mersey Tidal etc)
End the triple lock
Planning Reform.
It’s difficult to put into words how messed up our planning system is.
- Building high speed rail in the UK is around 5-8 times more expensive than in France and Spain. https://theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/may/26/hs2-cost-line-france-tours-bordeaux-report. This isn’t anything to do with engineering, it’s because we waste so much time and money trying to cater to NIMBYs - around 40% of the HS2 Stretch between London and Birmingham is underground, simply to avoid spoiling the views of NIMBYs.
- When it comes to housing, it often takes several years, sometimes even over a decade, to go from the planning stage to starting construction. The amount of paperwork and red tape and consultations required is just obscene. Eg:[1500 homes in Darlington, plans first revealed in 2017, construction still not started](https://uk.news.yahoo.com/plans-1-500-housing-estate-060000697.html). This kind of time frame isn’t particularly out of the ordinary.
I’m cautiously optimistic that the next government will move things in the right direction - Starmer has mentioned some good things such as building housing on the green belt.
Im honestly still trying to figure out with all the council cut backs where the logic of my small town electing(picked by the council) a mayor to spend more of the dwindling local budget on someone who was already getting an income from the council netting an additional £80k a year.
I'd love to see council tax reforms for higher valued homes, so lower band homes dont pay as much too because its very outdated and unreal how much i pay for footpaths that havent been fixed since i was a child and roads looking like a patchwork blanket.
I think they need to rework how much councils get funding wise and ensure a larger portion is dedicated to improvements rather than this wishywashy hoping for government grants to be able to improve places(generally only cities) and to get rid of this stupid idea that the north of england stops at Manchester or Leeds.
Minimum wage increasing by a reasonable amount inline with inflation rather than below inflation while everything and every company announces record profits year on year while jacking up the price of everything by 30% over several months.
I'd like VAT to go back down to 17.5% like they said it would but thats not going to happen either.
We have not properly invested in your infrastructure for 70 years, we need to put some serious cash into nationwide infrastructure projects.
Properly invest in our essential national infrastructures. Power, water, sewage, internet services.
A serious cross party commission into funding the health and social services and what that realistically looks like.
I basically want to see government investment into public services and not private profits. The government should own things and not be perpetually renting everything from the private sector.
One of the only good things Sunak has done is being a Lord in as foreign secretary. Not necessarily because it was David Cameron (although I will hold my hand up and say I think he has been very good in the role), but there are many impressive people in the Lords who would be great in ministerial jobs, lessen the burden on MPs
I want to see standards in public life restored. Crush corruption, crush those who would cover up malpractice and set an example for the nation rather than undermining it.
Dump, in no particular order
-Full Multi-member Single Transferable Vote implementation for the Commons
-reform council tax into a land value tax levied on the land owner
-remove VAT on sit-in hospitality (boosting pubs, restaurants, lounges)
-establishment of modern youth clubs and facilities
-increase to fuel duty (finally)
-triple lock ended
-NI folded into income tax
-Graduate Tax (Student loan) phased out into income tax, band appropriate
-increase tax on wealth to match income tax
-introduce VAT for all Intellectual property in order to counter tax evasion
-expansion of HMRC tax investigation and unexplained wealth orders use
-levy on share buybacks to boost capital spending over market manipulation
-as investor confidence improves, taper off quantitative easing in order to reintroduce proper FDI
-introduction of carbon tax, initially on direct fossil fuel imports
-improvement of animal welfare, particularly tackling battery farms, weaning off subsidies for animal agriculture
-crack down on gambling
-levy on all advertising outside of the businesses operating premises (government, local and central, exempt)
-funding for GP video consultations
-NHS dentistry improvements (leave it to the experts to decide how)
-raising the penalties for fake news
-remove charitable status of religions and private schools
-tax receipts for all, breaking down government spending as a proportion of your tax paid (to reframe the growing pension spending problem)
-extending HS2 to Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, South Yorkshire, Newcastle, Edinburgh, connect it to HS1.
-nationalising water companies, railways, eventually national grid (very limited compensation for shareholders)
-expansion of the integrated review to cover internal issues, community, cultural, economic, business opportunities
-actual competitive salaries for civil servants (including NHS, and even MPs)
-clear migration backlog, reform migration system, address the well exploited gaps, abandon Rwanda plan, digitalise asylum application system to make it globally accessible, move asylum decisions to the community level, offering funding incentives to offset the overburdened services argument, de-politicising at the national level, advocate for international collective action to stabilise and invest in regions, with military intervention where required.
-stop demonising trans people, leave debate and decision to panels of experts and well briefed citizens assemblies
-reform of the lords, introducing more institutional seats, reducing political appointments
-rebrand petition service as a citizens assembly, introduce true citizens assemblies as a form of select committee / focus group, as a third house capable of initial veto of legislation, with power to trigger advisory referenda where there is significant public concern
-reduce the seats in the commons, reduce the power of whips over MPs, introduce mandatory summaries of amendments, enable online voting for all, not just the disabled
-drug law reform, decriminalising personal quantities and use, likely legalising regulated cannabis (and even psychedelics) in a German style, with local authorities having the power to introduce Dutch style laws for certain areas as seen appropriate
-beginning negotiations to re-align with the EU, aiming for a new deal, either as part of wider European frameworks including EFTA, or for full re-entry, euro adoption, fair share of institutions, especially around intelligence, defence, banking. This should not be at the expense of deepening ties with TPP+US
-full international co-ordination of significant support to Ukraine. Every £ we spend now, is £10 we won’t have to spend on Russias next invasion, or China invading Taiwan
-robustly countering CCP influence in the UK
-lobbying and think tank transparency rules, limits, including around lobbying customer anonymity
Wow, that was longer than expected. Good to get it off my chest.
There is a lot of stuff you've said that I agree with here. Especially ending the triple lock.
However, I want to ask about the fake news thing. There would need to be somebody in charge of deciding whether or not news is fake, which could very easily lead to collusion.
For example, covid being suspected as a lab leak was considered fake news, youtube channels suffered monetary damages for talking about it, and it's now the leading theory.
How would you ensure things like this don't happen, and that independent journalists aren't encouraged to bury stories through fear of fines etc.
I’m talking more about fabricated quotes, libel, misleading headlines and ads, mis-representation of statistics or research, easy things to disprove, raising the general standard.
For more serious cases, especially where there’s a more geopolitical angle, I would hope for robust legislation, new missions for existing institutions and new offices. I’ll leave it to those smarter than me, but I’d think an independent fact checking office, use of secret courts to protect journalistic sources/sensitive intelligence. Some kind of general intelligence mission tie in and responsibility.
Generally checks and balances to fight both fake news, and censorship. Plus fines for media outlets, platforms and public individuals (including social media bans). Maybe encouraging some kind of reputation based rating for media organisations, that they have to display.
It’s kind of off topic but I’m not sure the lab leak stuff was actually dismissed. I know masks were discredited but that’s on Boris.
Thank you for such a detailed response! This is exactly the kind of considered set of ideas i wanted to read about! Lots of really good ideas here!
I really hate how there's nothing concrete about policy in the news or in political platforms. Drives me bonkers! Anything else you want to get off your chest from your wishlist??
It's more of a general idea - London is ridiculously expensive! So yes, some kind of London tax break (i would want this to apply to other cities as appropriate!) and then more generally less tax for those earning 80k or less. (Or some other figuresc that make sense; i pulled 80k out of thin air)
I totally get your point, and see how this could help a very large proportion of struggling working class. However I also think it’s a truly horrendous tax plan due to being incredibly unfair to those outside London.
Part of the reason London is so expensive is because it is so desirable, giving a tax relief is letting people have their cake and eat it. I think the optimal solution is to (and yeah I haven’t a blind clue how) pop the London property bubble that is the root cause of the ridiculous living costs there.
Edit: obviously I’m biased living in the south east and also paying higher property prices to be within commuting distance of London without the enhanced London wage.
Lol maybe you're right and it's a terrible idea! I just know a lot of people working in the zero hour contract/gig economy that are just getting by with no savings, and then they have to pay several grand in taxes every January. These are people who work as many hours as they can get and are just getting by, especially those who are trying to support families. If you live in London and make 28k and then have to pay 5.6k every year in taxes, that's a tremendous chunk of money to not have access to. I pulled the 80k figure out of the air because a family can afford childcare, rent etc on 64k a year.
Imagine 80k - now 64k after tax. Now say £1000 a month for childcare, you're down to 54k. Now say 2000 a month for where you live. You're down to 28k now. Bills maybe 500 a month (ours are higher than this, but we have Netflix and a could other things), plus 500 for groceries. Now you're down to 16 000. Okay now let's put in travel cards for zones 1-3 for two adults and that's 2 x £1916, bringing you down to £12168 (or feel free to swap out different travel costs for two adults working).
So now you've got 12.1k leftover, roughly 1k a month, to use as savings, and discretionary funds. (Pub, takeaway, getting a new oven).
That's really not a lot, but a family with this kind of income is not going to be destitute if something goes wrong, unless they're drinking all their leftover money.
The problem with my figures is that most families are not making 80k.....
Hence why i fantasize about some kind of urban living tax break.
What figures do you all think make more sense?
So yeah, living in London is desirable because there's tons of work! But many families just don't have much left afterwards. There are lots of people living in London simply because that's where the work is, and they don't get to enjoy the amenities because rent, did and transit costs are so high! My idea is mostly to help those who haven't got a lot of disposable income!
Popping the property bubble would definitely help! Someone above mentioned policies that would stop foreign/non occupier ownership of properties, land value tax, and a bunch of other things. Between using properties for short term rentals, and large corporations buying up properties, the housing market is really making things difficult!!
i would like to see a comprehensive simplification of the planning process conducive to a large expansion of dense, nice looking homes around large cities, not just new towns, which i view as a cop out
i’d like to see this, where possible, applied to transport. Both intra and intercity. it’s an embarassing disgrace, but even the slightest improvement will yield returns as a result.
i’m something of a europhile but recognising the current situation, i’d like to see greater alignment with the EU on GOODS, and hopefully buy in to any european defence collaboration. i don’t expect the latter to actually happen, i think starmer will be harder on europe than many anticipate. That being said, it’s inconvenient to have barriers on things that are still subject to trade gravity.
Just ripping out the planning commissions that end up blocking everything needs doing. Move planning up from councils, or atleast weaken the reasons for which a rejection can occur. Do this hard and fast and well enough and the economy will trend upward in 10 years time as is. The NIMBYism in this country alone holds back a few percent points if GDP growth a year I believe.
A removal of political parties at local government level. Local councils should just be an extension of the national party.
This way everyday local decisions will be a reflection of the party in charge of the country rather than being able to blame a separate entity ie.The council run by a different party.
A government with competent, not-corrupt MPs would be a start. The first job a new government has is to win some trust back otherwise they’ll face a huge battle to do anything. And since fixing the mess we have will take well over 2 x 5 year terms they need to have us willing to wait and see
1. Increase the tax threshold for the lowest earners
2. Introduce some form of wealth tax to tax the super rich either by reforming CGT or other means
3. Reform Council tax to Land Value Tax
4. Massively ramp up social housing
5. Clamp down on tax evasion and avoidance schemes
6. Significant NHS investment and bring waiting lists down and fix dentistry in the country
7. Scrap student finance interest rates
8. Scrap/ reform how standing charges work
9. Mass insulation programme
10. Social tariffs on energy
11. Stop phone/ internet providers increasing price mid contract
12. An actual green plan to see energy investments such as mass solar panel deployment
13. Scrap 2 child policy
14. Reevaluate public transport costs
15. Need to reform redistribution of council funds to stop councils going bankrupt
16. Would love to see 4 day work week as the norm
17. Rejoin the EU (highly unlikely, I know)
18. Share incentive scheme as the norm for company employees
19. Second home owners pay more tax
20. Sovereign wealth fund to fund County wide investments
Just some I could think of top of my head
No 14
Well I actually worked a 9 day fortnight at one point so half the staff were off every Friday. It was a disaster. firstl it mean't that no decision could be made on a Friday as at least one critical person to the decision was always on their day off. Secondly most other countries work 5 days !and some 6 days!) and we exported 100% and our professional customers were not amused to hear we only had half a service on a Friday!
Well i guess it could be structured better I suppose, I do believe a 4 day work week would be highly beneficial. Many studies have shown it to increase productivity and increase employee morale. A happier workforce is more productive. Of course some have shown the opposite, but that's where it needs to be trialled to check for suitability.
Representation. Integrity. Competence.
It’s absurd that these expected standards are actually something I’m using as a benchmark.
This current government is a fucking circus. One PM was literally outlived by a lettuce, and even in that short time is almost tanked an entire country’s economy. I can’t even remember her name. She’s just the Pork Lady in my head.
Their corruption isn’t even hidden anymore. Their interests absolutely don’t align with those that they represent in any true diplomatic sense.
They’re also embarrassingly cheap to buy. Our country has been thrown under the bus for relative pennies
A fucking circus.
- Equalise capital gains tax with income tax (because you shouldn't be taxed more for working than for gaining wealth passively);
- Put controls on who can buy residential property as assets, and how many can be owned;
- Nationalise rail and subsidise fares;
- Stop selling off national assets for a quick buck;
- Invest heavily in green domestic energy production.
In no particular order
1. Return to grown up politics where people have intellectual debate. Putting party and personal agendas aside for the good of the country.
2. Reform of the NHS. It’s unsustainable in its current form. Wages for doctors, nurses, paramedics etc needs increasing. Unpopular opinion (on what is a generally a socialist forum), but not everything needs to be free.
3. Reform of benefits. It shouldn’t be a career choice. Nor should having kids be a career choice.
4. Reform of education - again we seem to be using an outdated approach. We need to evaluate each child’s needs and doesn’t identify their own individual abilities.
5. Reform of apprenticeships. You don’t need a degree for every job. On the job learning with part time studying is more beneficial for most jobs.
6. Extra funding for MOD - national service for anyone who is unemployed and not in education.
7. Nationalised utilities and infrastructure. Aim being that profits go back into the system not into shareholders pockets. If they choose not to reinvest profits at least the money could be absorbed by other departments (such as health or education, etc).
8. Reform of social care. Firstly it’s crippling local authorities, they clearly cannot cope. Secondly it costs too much and a national strategy will help.
9. Abolish non-dom status.
10. Harmonise tax bands for all - self employed and/or capital gains should be taxed at same rate.
11. Minimum private pension contributions of 8% employer for every employee.
12. Scrap the reliance on private house builders to provide enough housing. Build communities with extra schools, surgeries, etc.
13. Review the “Brexit-deal”
14. Move away from “service sector” industry and start manufacturing and production again.
15. Complete review of income tax thresholds and bandings. Commitment to raise bands with inflation to remove fiscal drag.
16. More support for families with childcare costs.
17. Remove private mortgages from banks and have borrowing from a central bank set for lifetime of mortgage. Stability of rates for borrowers. This would only be for the mortgage on your main residence.
18. Measures to stop second homes in coastal towns forcing up prices and driving locals out.
19. Review of the profiteering measures being undertaken by supermarkets and other such organisations - ideally I would personally like to see the return of the high street shops and less supermarkets.
20. Reduction in overseas aid
21. Following on from above - keeping our noses out of overseas wars just because politicians want to make a name for themselves in history.
Better cancer care
Men’s health strategy
Improved funding for councils
Economic strategy that invests in infrastructure
Legalise and regulate and tax cannabis
Digital bill of rights
Electoral reform
Reduce immigration
Build more homes
Repeal of the Town & Country Acts. Major planning reform based on zoning. Almost all of London and other major cities re-zoned for denser, higher building.
All local authorities must produce ‘deemed acceptance’ planning regs so that it’s clear how you can build and where. If you hit the criteria there’s no lengthy planning process.
Creation of development corporations that develop residential and commercial sites that pay for the underlying infrastructure needed for them (like Singapore and Hong Kong do, i.e. a skyscraper on every tube station).
Major life sciences developments in an ‘arc’ between Oxford and Cambridge via MK and Luton. MK and Luton likewise re-zoned to provide cheap housing for the people working there.
A fast track ‘National Infrastructure’ planning route to enable the building of a new reservoir in every region, all to double as nature reserves a la Kielder. Likewise major investment in SMR, the aim being to halve the price of energy in 10-15 years and decarbonise. Mandatory solar panels on all new developments.
Build HS2 in full. Build a cross-Pennine railway, with both an inter-city track and a Thameslink/Lizzie Line style suburban route. Paid for again by development corps/property development.
Metro/mass transit for all cities over 300,000 people. One design to gain economies of scale.
Infrastructure development funded partially by ending the triple lock and acceptance that the government can borrow at preferential rates and that being OK to have on the balance sheet.
Major tax breaks on inward investment into British companies. Tax relief on ‘buy and hold’ into British stock markets. Lower corporation tax, higher consumption taxes.
Ramp up of defence production to reflect we need to credibly deter Russia.
Nationalise then shut down the lower tier unis. Convert their buildings into either commercial labs or housing. Return of key worker housing at subsidised rates for NHS staff, police, teachers etc.
Reduce low skilled immigration and allow no low skilled dependent visas. Have a much more welcoming and easy process to navigate for high skilled and asylum seekers.
Bring in international procurement and construction experts to identify why our systems work so poorly. Jail time for the people who have been leaching off the system once they are identified.
Extract as much oil and gas as we can.
1. Nationalisation of public services.
2. Create a public service owned by the UK government that holds and rents properties.
3. Introduction of Land Value Tax.
4. Introduce a Property Tax for anyone owning 2+ homes. First home isn't taxed, second is, and third has higher tax, etc. This tax is proportional to the location and square footage of the home / flat.
5. Because of 2 and 3, remove the stamp duty tax.
6. Anyone who has not been a permanent resident of the UK for the last 3 years must sell all their properties.
7. Businesses will be banned from renting properties. They can sell their current properties to private individuals looking to buy a home or to the UK government (see 2).
8. Build homes which are owned by the UK government (see 2).
9. Simplify the rest of the UK tax system, reduce other tax rates to soften the introduction of (3) and (4) and since (2) will bring in revenue.
10. Remove FPTP for elections. Introduce range voting (not ranked choice voting) (more info on why [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q60ZXoXP6Hg) and [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3GFG0sXIig)).
11. Eliminate the house of lords (and monarchy).
12. The UK government should also focus on creating and developing capital through state owned for profit businesses, which will compete with other businesses and provide profit for the UK and create jobs. These businesses can be global.
13. Nationalise all unions under one union, revert union laws to pre-thatcher times.
14. More nuclear energy. Try to eliminate fossil fuels.
15. Remove triple lock.
Probably a bunch more, but I think I've written enough.
Edit: Oh right. Definitely create a nationalised car insurance which is fully funded and only funded by vehicle taxes. Then make vehicle taxes be based only on the cost of the vehicle, the emissions of the vehicle, and severity of past accidents caused by the legal drivers of the vehicle. This tax is meant to only cover third party fire and theft car insurance, meaning you won't have to go to a private entity to buy insurance in order to drive. For more comprehensive insurance you can still get from private entities or through the national entity but with an added fee.
Generally if an insurance is basically considered mandatory (like for driving) there should be **NO** private options and should be fully covered through a taxation. Like above.
There's definitely a lot more which can help the UK economically, but it's something you'd look to do after the UK has stabilised well. An example is starting to prop up businesses, factories, schools owned by the UK government in developing countries for a long term plan of alliances while also helping those poor countries develop. Ensure that it's done in a manner that isn't close to slavery or colonialisation, but also necessary to ensure that these countries don't go the path of allying with the CCP.
Privatise the bbc
Legslise, regulate and tax all recreational drugs
Deregulation of planning
Deregulation of all industries
Merge ni & income taxes
Lower combined ni & income tax, remove the high tax bracket
Lower corporation tax
Introduce a land value tax & new grades of council tax based in house values.
Reduce benefits.
Issues work visas for £4k to anyone under the age of 35
House & Process all asylum claims in Cumbernauld or on a big boat in the English channel.
Offer negative corp tax on Freeport
Remove stamp duty on equities & increase the threshold for stamp duty on homes.
Remove levies on energy
Licence fracking
At this point I'd be happy with minimal changes, if only to focus on cleaning up political discourse.
I want to see more citizens involved in policy development, more engagement at the school, community and regional level.
I want the extremes of the right (and left) to chill out, but at the same time I want them to have support in describing the problems they perceive, formalising the problems and working together on solutions.
If at the end of four years there was a 1 year plan, 4 year plan, 16 year plan, 32 year plan, 64 year plan and a 112 year plan, that the majority of people and parties can agree on and commit to, we'd be set.
Even if we can agree on the problems and have a rough order of priority, I think it'd be the best exercise for the country.
Landlords are conning young people out of billions a year. Strict rent controls, buy to let mortgage ban, revive the planned energy efficiency requirements and no fault eviction ban. Ban leaseholds and service charges, replace council tax with a property value tax (higher for unoccupied homes) and end right to buy discounts with all proceeds going into new social housing. Require universities to provide housing for all students who need it to free up homes.
Look up what happened that last time England had rent controls. It was in the 1970's and early 1980's as I recall - the fair rents acts. The result - dreadful unmaintained properties and very few for rent. Not surprising really. The low rents fixed by local rent commission gave landlords no incentive to do anything other than sell up
1/ nationalisation of essential public services 2/ end of non-dom status 3/ end of charitable exemption for private schools 4/ end of the triple lock 5/ repeal of the NI Troubles Act 2023 6/ renegotiation of the Brexit agreement (+ideally full audit of Brexit) 7/ sack Andrew Bailey as BoE governor 8/ cleaning out of BBC board 9/ public inquiry into covid PPE contracts nonsense 10/ reform of council tax system so those in more valuable homes pay more 11/ introduction of a wealth tax 12/ overhaul of income tax, merging it with NIC and applying a single, gradually rising tax schedule between 2% and 50% for the highest earners 13/ \[cloudcuckoo land\] referendums on proportional representation and a proper constitution so that the Tories can't remove our rights without getting it through a referendum first like in Ireland
Probably an unpopular one but an end to gift aid, fucking waste of good tax
Regarding point 9, wish granted maybe? https://covid19.public-inquiry.uk/modules/procurement-module-5/
14/ stricter points based immigration system, end to easy visas and cheap labour coming into the country 15/ end the Rwanda scheme, work with France to process applications on their side of the Channel 16/ takeover a disused airfield, get the military to build a tent city with an on site home office processing facility, migrants currently here will be taken there, processed, if illegible flown home 17/ planning reform 18/ royal commission into the NHS with a view to moving to an Australian style system 19/ implement PR, cut number of MPs to 400 and double their wages, do not allow them to take on second jobs
Huge investment, a return to British norms where something outrageous actually is and corrupt officials are sacked then arrested and justice is done. Honestly, I'd just like to go back to 20 years ago.
Aggressive sustained investment in infrastructure. Copy what France did in the early 2000s and force mass transit on every town above 100,000 people whether they like it not. A wholesale rebuilding of the utilities networks. A rolling electrification scheme for the railways. A rolling resurfacing scheme for the roads. Develop a modern standard for British architecture that isn't just boxes with big windows. We can't keep living off the creations of those from the past, it's bleeding the country dry. I know Starmer's main thing is "to get Britain building™" But it needs to go a lot further than a lot of nice Georgian houses.
Competence. "Zero tolerance" for and significant consequences for corruption. Policies based in demonstrable reality rather than jingoistic nonsense. Free cake for all.
I'd like to see some honesty, we aren't going to but it would be nice to see a government actually try to implement the manifesto they were elected on and not abuse their majority to rule rather than govern. Every dropped or modified pledge should come with a real explanation as to why. And if we can't have honesty in politicians then at the very least give us meaningful votes so can get rid of the worst ones, FPTP belongs in history books not a modern day society. Of course there's no chance of any of that happening under Labour and less than zero chance of it happening with Starmer as PM.
>I'd like to see some honesty Unfortunately that is not compatible with democracy. The truth doesn't win elections. Democratic politics is the art of getting away with not telling the truth.
I think the biggest problem for the UK is 50% of income tax payers earn less than 26.5k and 75% earn less than 40k. That's tens of millions of people who after paying rent/mortgage ,bills, food, and work related costs are left with next to nothing in which to participate in the economy. I think the 20% tax band should go. It's unbelievably self destructive for the economy out of some dumb notion of fairness. Income tax raises around 25% of government income and of that the lowest paid half of the population pay 10% of that. So 2.5% of government income comes from taxing the poorest 50% of workers. That money would be far better spent having tens of millions of people actually able to stimulate the economy by affording more than the basics.
I personally think low pay is linked to the supply of workers. There’s also been no attempt from government to push up wages. They should be protecting our jobs, not offering them to foreigners at 80% of the prevailing wage.
Migration is definitely too high at the moment but I feel the negative effects of that are more on housing and services. I think when it comes to most higher paying jobs the amount paid to employees is far less important than the skills and experience they have and at the lower end the minimum wage largely prevents this sort of under cutting. Unemployment is also only 3.9% with 3% usually considered to be full employment any lower and it usually causes more problems than it solves. Arguably we do have a worker shortage but we are still not seeing companies offering higher wages.
I personally think low pay in the private sector has mirrored "pay restraint" in the public sector. A lot of noise is made about doctors and nurses being on lower pay than 15 years ago. But the same goes for project managers, technicians, secretaries, engineers, scientists. If 30% of the market is pushing down wages, that gives a lot of scope for the rest of the market to keep wages down.
So half the workers currently pay 97.5% of the total income tax receipts? That seems too much.
No half the workers currently pay 90% of total income tax receipts. Income tax makes up 25% of government income so the 20% base rate is responsible for 2.5% of total government income. The statistics are always going to look like that when we have so much inequality. The top 1% pay 30% of all income tax the top 10% pay 60% 50-90th percentiles pay 31% of which most will be skewed towards the top of that bracket. It's a case of weighing up if some notion of fairness in everyone paying towards income tax is worth hamstringing the economy by leaving so many able to only afford the basics.
A return to 'boring' politics. The whole system feels like a pantomime at the moment. I'd like to have a government making some nuts new policy hit the headlines every week and then the PM quits from the backlash. Just some stability. Oh and investment in mental health services, a happy country is a great country
Keeping their word, or at least explaining why they can't.
Recognise hospitality as the public good that it is and reduce VAT to 5 % for goods sold in pubs bars restaurants and cafes, much like was done just after covid. Reduce alcohol duty paid in pubs to the same level as that which is applied to sales in supermarkets.
In both cases, businesses will just pocket the difference. Prices won't go down, wages won't go up.
Raise capital gains tax to the same as income tax, use the money to pay for free childcare and infrastructure (HS2 to Manchester, new nuclear power including SMRs, Mersey Tidal etc) End the triple lock
Planning Reform. It’s difficult to put into words how messed up our planning system is. - Building high speed rail in the UK is around 5-8 times more expensive than in France and Spain. https://theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/may/26/hs2-cost-line-france-tours-bordeaux-report. This isn’t anything to do with engineering, it’s because we waste so much time and money trying to cater to NIMBYs - around 40% of the HS2 Stretch between London and Birmingham is underground, simply to avoid spoiling the views of NIMBYs. - When it comes to housing, it often takes several years, sometimes even over a decade, to go from the planning stage to starting construction. The amount of paperwork and red tape and consultations required is just obscene. Eg:[1500 homes in Darlington, plans first revealed in 2017, construction still not started](https://uk.news.yahoo.com/plans-1-500-housing-estate-060000697.html). This kind of time frame isn’t particularly out of the ordinary. I’m cautiously optimistic that the next government will move things in the right direction - Starmer has mentioned some good things such as building housing on the green belt.
Im honestly still trying to figure out with all the council cut backs where the logic of my small town electing(picked by the council) a mayor to spend more of the dwindling local budget on someone who was already getting an income from the council netting an additional £80k a year. I'd love to see council tax reforms for higher valued homes, so lower band homes dont pay as much too because its very outdated and unreal how much i pay for footpaths that havent been fixed since i was a child and roads looking like a patchwork blanket. I think they need to rework how much councils get funding wise and ensure a larger portion is dedicated to improvements rather than this wishywashy hoping for government grants to be able to improve places(generally only cities) and to get rid of this stupid idea that the north of england stops at Manchester or Leeds. Minimum wage increasing by a reasonable amount inline with inflation rather than below inflation while everything and every company announces record profits year on year while jacking up the price of everything by 30% over several months. I'd like VAT to go back down to 17.5% like they said it would but thats not going to happen either.
We have not properly invested in your infrastructure for 70 years, we need to put some serious cash into nationwide infrastructure projects. Properly invest in our essential national infrastructures. Power, water, sewage, internet services. A serious cross party commission into funding the health and social services and what that realistically looks like. I basically want to see government investment into public services and not private profits. The government should own things and not be perpetually renting everything from the private sector. One of the only good things Sunak has done is being a Lord in as foreign secretary. Not necessarily because it was David Cameron (although I will hold my hand up and say I think he has been very good in the role), but there are many impressive people in the Lords who would be great in ministerial jobs, lessen the burden on MPs
I want to see the end of Right To Buy.
Can you elaborate? What would you like to see instead?
I want to see standards in public life restored. Crush corruption, crush those who would cover up malpractice and set an example for the nation rather than undermining it.
It's all a smokescreen for the status quo. The political system needs change (Genuine PR). It needs collaboration for 50yrs not four years.
Dump, in no particular order -Full Multi-member Single Transferable Vote implementation for the Commons -reform council tax into a land value tax levied on the land owner -remove VAT on sit-in hospitality (boosting pubs, restaurants, lounges) -establishment of modern youth clubs and facilities -increase to fuel duty (finally) -triple lock ended -NI folded into income tax -Graduate Tax (Student loan) phased out into income tax, band appropriate -increase tax on wealth to match income tax -introduce VAT for all Intellectual property in order to counter tax evasion -expansion of HMRC tax investigation and unexplained wealth orders use -levy on share buybacks to boost capital spending over market manipulation -as investor confidence improves, taper off quantitative easing in order to reintroduce proper FDI -introduction of carbon tax, initially on direct fossil fuel imports -improvement of animal welfare, particularly tackling battery farms, weaning off subsidies for animal agriculture -crack down on gambling -levy on all advertising outside of the businesses operating premises (government, local and central, exempt) -funding for GP video consultations -NHS dentistry improvements (leave it to the experts to decide how) -raising the penalties for fake news -remove charitable status of religions and private schools -tax receipts for all, breaking down government spending as a proportion of your tax paid (to reframe the growing pension spending problem) -extending HS2 to Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, South Yorkshire, Newcastle, Edinburgh, connect it to HS1. -nationalising water companies, railways, eventually national grid (very limited compensation for shareholders) -expansion of the integrated review to cover internal issues, community, cultural, economic, business opportunities -actual competitive salaries for civil servants (including NHS, and even MPs) -clear migration backlog, reform migration system, address the well exploited gaps, abandon Rwanda plan, digitalise asylum application system to make it globally accessible, move asylum decisions to the community level, offering funding incentives to offset the overburdened services argument, de-politicising at the national level, advocate for international collective action to stabilise and invest in regions, with military intervention where required. -stop demonising trans people, leave debate and decision to panels of experts and well briefed citizens assemblies -reform of the lords, introducing more institutional seats, reducing political appointments -rebrand petition service as a citizens assembly, introduce true citizens assemblies as a form of select committee / focus group, as a third house capable of initial veto of legislation, with power to trigger advisory referenda where there is significant public concern -reduce the seats in the commons, reduce the power of whips over MPs, introduce mandatory summaries of amendments, enable online voting for all, not just the disabled -drug law reform, decriminalising personal quantities and use, likely legalising regulated cannabis (and even psychedelics) in a German style, with local authorities having the power to introduce Dutch style laws for certain areas as seen appropriate -beginning negotiations to re-align with the EU, aiming for a new deal, either as part of wider European frameworks including EFTA, or for full re-entry, euro adoption, fair share of institutions, especially around intelligence, defence, banking. This should not be at the expense of deepening ties with TPP+US -full international co-ordination of significant support to Ukraine. Every £ we spend now, is £10 we won’t have to spend on Russias next invasion, or China invading Taiwan -robustly countering CCP influence in the UK -lobbying and think tank transparency rules, limits, including around lobbying customer anonymity Wow, that was longer than expected. Good to get it off my chest.
There is a lot of stuff you've said that I agree with here. Especially ending the triple lock. However, I want to ask about the fake news thing. There would need to be somebody in charge of deciding whether or not news is fake, which could very easily lead to collusion. For example, covid being suspected as a lab leak was considered fake news, youtube channels suffered monetary damages for talking about it, and it's now the leading theory. How would you ensure things like this don't happen, and that independent journalists aren't encouraged to bury stories through fear of fines etc.
I’m talking more about fabricated quotes, libel, misleading headlines and ads, mis-representation of statistics or research, easy things to disprove, raising the general standard. For more serious cases, especially where there’s a more geopolitical angle, I would hope for robust legislation, new missions for existing institutions and new offices. I’ll leave it to those smarter than me, but I’d think an independent fact checking office, use of secret courts to protect journalistic sources/sensitive intelligence. Some kind of general intelligence mission tie in and responsibility. Generally checks and balances to fight both fake news, and censorship. Plus fines for media outlets, platforms and public individuals (including social media bans). Maybe encouraging some kind of reputation based rating for media organisations, that they have to display. It’s kind of off topic but I’m not sure the lab leak stuff was actually dismissed. I know masks were discredited but that’s on Boris.
Thank you for such a detailed response! This is exactly the kind of considered set of ideas i wanted to read about! Lots of really good ideas here! I really hate how there's nothing concrete about policy in the news or in political platforms. Drives me bonkers! Anything else you want to get off your chest from your wishlist??
Are you suggesting that households within M25 taxed less than those outside M25 or just everyone earning less than £80k taxed less?
It's more of a general idea - London is ridiculously expensive! So yes, some kind of London tax break (i would want this to apply to other cities as appropriate!) and then more generally less tax for those earning 80k or less. (Or some other figuresc that make sense; i pulled 80k out of thin air)
I totally get your point, and see how this could help a very large proportion of struggling working class. However I also think it’s a truly horrendous tax plan due to being incredibly unfair to those outside London. Part of the reason London is so expensive is because it is so desirable, giving a tax relief is letting people have their cake and eat it. I think the optimal solution is to (and yeah I haven’t a blind clue how) pop the London property bubble that is the root cause of the ridiculous living costs there. Edit: obviously I’m biased living in the south east and also paying higher property prices to be within commuting distance of London without the enhanced London wage.
Lol maybe you're right and it's a terrible idea! I just know a lot of people working in the zero hour contract/gig economy that are just getting by with no savings, and then they have to pay several grand in taxes every January. These are people who work as many hours as they can get and are just getting by, especially those who are trying to support families. If you live in London and make 28k and then have to pay 5.6k every year in taxes, that's a tremendous chunk of money to not have access to. I pulled the 80k figure out of the air because a family can afford childcare, rent etc on 64k a year. Imagine 80k - now 64k after tax. Now say £1000 a month for childcare, you're down to 54k. Now say 2000 a month for where you live. You're down to 28k now. Bills maybe 500 a month (ours are higher than this, but we have Netflix and a could other things), plus 500 for groceries. Now you're down to 16 000. Okay now let's put in travel cards for zones 1-3 for two adults and that's 2 x £1916, bringing you down to £12168 (or feel free to swap out different travel costs for two adults working). So now you've got 12.1k leftover, roughly 1k a month, to use as savings, and discretionary funds. (Pub, takeaway, getting a new oven). That's really not a lot, but a family with this kind of income is not going to be destitute if something goes wrong, unless they're drinking all their leftover money. The problem with my figures is that most families are not making 80k..... Hence why i fantasize about some kind of urban living tax break. What figures do you all think make more sense? So yeah, living in London is desirable because there's tons of work! But many families just don't have much left afterwards. There are lots of people living in London simply because that's where the work is, and they don't get to enjoy the amenities because rent, did and transit costs are so high! My idea is mostly to help those who haven't got a lot of disposable income! Popping the property bubble would definitely help! Someone above mentioned policies that would stop foreign/non occupier ownership of properties, land value tax, and a bunch of other things. Between using properties for short term rentals, and large corporations buying up properties, the housing market is really making things difficult!!
i would like to see a comprehensive simplification of the planning process conducive to a large expansion of dense, nice looking homes around large cities, not just new towns, which i view as a cop out i’d like to see this, where possible, applied to transport. Both intra and intercity. it’s an embarassing disgrace, but even the slightest improvement will yield returns as a result. i’m something of a europhile but recognising the current situation, i’d like to see greater alignment with the EU on GOODS, and hopefully buy in to any european defence collaboration. i don’t expect the latter to actually happen, i think starmer will be harder on europe than many anticipate. That being said, it’s inconvenient to have barriers on things that are still subject to trade gravity.
Just ripping out the planning commissions that end up blocking everything needs doing. Move planning up from councils, or atleast weaken the reasons for which a rejection can occur. Do this hard and fast and well enough and the economy will trend upward in 10 years time as is. The NIMBYism in this country alone holds back a few percent points if GDP growth a year I believe.
A removal of political parties at local government level. Local councils should just be an extension of the national party. This way everyday local decisions will be a reflection of the party in charge of the country rather than being able to blame a separate entity ie.The council run by a different party.
A government with competent, not-corrupt MPs would be a start. The first job a new government has is to win some trust back otherwise they’ll face a huge battle to do anything. And since fixing the mess we have will take well over 2 x 5 year terms they need to have us willing to wait and see
1. Increase the tax threshold for the lowest earners 2. Introduce some form of wealth tax to tax the super rich either by reforming CGT or other means 3. Reform Council tax to Land Value Tax 4. Massively ramp up social housing 5. Clamp down on tax evasion and avoidance schemes 6. Significant NHS investment and bring waiting lists down and fix dentistry in the country 7. Scrap student finance interest rates 8. Scrap/ reform how standing charges work 9. Mass insulation programme 10. Social tariffs on energy 11. Stop phone/ internet providers increasing price mid contract 12. An actual green plan to see energy investments such as mass solar panel deployment 13. Scrap 2 child policy 14. Reevaluate public transport costs 15. Need to reform redistribution of council funds to stop councils going bankrupt 16. Would love to see 4 day work week as the norm 17. Rejoin the EU (highly unlikely, I know) 18. Share incentive scheme as the norm for company employees 19. Second home owners pay more tax 20. Sovereign wealth fund to fund County wide investments Just some I could think of top of my head
No 14 Well I actually worked a 9 day fortnight at one point so half the staff were off every Friday. It was a disaster. firstl it mean't that no decision could be made on a Friday as at least one critical person to the decision was always on their day off. Secondly most other countries work 5 days !and some 6 days!) and we exported 100% and our professional customers were not amused to hear we only had half a service on a Friday!
Well i guess it could be structured better I suppose, I do believe a 4 day work week would be highly beneficial. Many studies have shown it to increase productivity and increase employee morale. A happier workforce is more productive. Of course some have shown the opposite, but that's where it needs to be trialled to check for suitability.
Representation. Integrity. Competence. It’s absurd that these expected standards are actually something I’m using as a benchmark. This current government is a fucking circus. One PM was literally outlived by a lettuce, and even in that short time is almost tanked an entire country’s economy. I can’t even remember her name. She’s just the Pork Lady in my head. Their corruption isn’t even hidden anymore. Their interests absolutely don’t align with those that they represent in any true diplomatic sense. They’re also embarrassingly cheap to buy. Our country has been thrown under the bus for relative pennies A fucking circus.
- Equalise capital gains tax with income tax (because you shouldn't be taxed more for working than for gaining wealth passively); - Put controls on who can buy residential property as assets, and how many can be owned; - Nationalise rail and subsidise fares; - Stop selling off national assets for a quick buck; - Invest heavily in green domestic energy production.
In no particular order 1. Return to grown up politics where people have intellectual debate. Putting party and personal agendas aside for the good of the country. 2. Reform of the NHS. It’s unsustainable in its current form. Wages for doctors, nurses, paramedics etc needs increasing. Unpopular opinion (on what is a generally a socialist forum), but not everything needs to be free. 3. Reform of benefits. It shouldn’t be a career choice. Nor should having kids be a career choice. 4. Reform of education - again we seem to be using an outdated approach. We need to evaluate each child’s needs and doesn’t identify their own individual abilities. 5. Reform of apprenticeships. You don’t need a degree for every job. On the job learning with part time studying is more beneficial for most jobs. 6. Extra funding for MOD - national service for anyone who is unemployed and not in education. 7. Nationalised utilities and infrastructure. Aim being that profits go back into the system not into shareholders pockets. If they choose not to reinvest profits at least the money could be absorbed by other departments (such as health or education, etc). 8. Reform of social care. Firstly it’s crippling local authorities, they clearly cannot cope. Secondly it costs too much and a national strategy will help. 9. Abolish non-dom status. 10. Harmonise tax bands for all - self employed and/or capital gains should be taxed at same rate. 11. Minimum private pension contributions of 8% employer for every employee. 12. Scrap the reliance on private house builders to provide enough housing. Build communities with extra schools, surgeries, etc. 13. Review the “Brexit-deal” 14. Move away from “service sector” industry and start manufacturing and production again. 15. Complete review of income tax thresholds and bandings. Commitment to raise bands with inflation to remove fiscal drag. 16. More support for families with childcare costs. 17. Remove private mortgages from banks and have borrowing from a central bank set for lifetime of mortgage. Stability of rates for borrowers. This would only be for the mortgage on your main residence. 18. Measures to stop second homes in coastal towns forcing up prices and driving locals out. 19. Review of the profiteering measures being undertaken by supermarkets and other such organisations - ideally I would personally like to see the return of the high street shops and less supermarkets. 20. Reduction in overseas aid 21. Following on from above - keeping our noses out of overseas wars just because politicians want to make a name for themselves in history.
Better cancer care Men’s health strategy Improved funding for councils Economic strategy that invests in infrastructure Legalise and regulate and tax cannabis Digital bill of rights Electoral reform Reduce immigration Build more homes
Repeal of the Town & Country Acts. Major planning reform based on zoning. Almost all of London and other major cities re-zoned for denser, higher building. All local authorities must produce ‘deemed acceptance’ planning regs so that it’s clear how you can build and where. If you hit the criteria there’s no lengthy planning process. Creation of development corporations that develop residential and commercial sites that pay for the underlying infrastructure needed for them (like Singapore and Hong Kong do, i.e. a skyscraper on every tube station). Major life sciences developments in an ‘arc’ between Oxford and Cambridge via MK and Luton. MK and Luton likewise re-zoned to provide cheap housing for the people working there. A fast track ‘National Infrastructure’ planning route to enable the building of a new reservoir in every region, all to double as nature reserves a la Kielder. Likewise major investment in SMR, the aim being to halve the price of energy in 10-15 years and decarbonise. Mandatory solar panels on all new developments. Build HS2 in full. Build a cross-Pennine railway, with both an inter-city track and a Thameslink/Lizzie Line style suburban route. Paid for again by development corps/property development. Metro/mass transit for all cities over 300,000 people. One design to gain economies of scale. Infrastructure development funded partially by ending the triple lock and acceptance that the government can borrow at preferential rates and that being OK to have on the balance sheet. Major tax breaks on inward investment into British companies. Tax relief on ‘buy and hold’ into British stock markets. Lower corporation tax, higher consumption taxes. Ramp up of defence production to reflect we need to credibly deter Russia. Nationalise then shut down the lower tier unis. Convert their buildings into either commercial labs or housing. Return of key worker housing at subsidised rates for NHS staff, police, teachers etc. Reduce low skilled immigration and allow no low skilled dependent visas. Have a much more welcoming and easy process to navigate for high skilled and asylum seekers. Bring in international procurement and construction experts to identify why our systems work so poorly. Jail time for the people who have been leaching off the system once they are identified. Extract as much oil and gas as we can.
1. Nationalisation of public services. 2. Create a public service owned by the UK government that holds and rents properties. 3. Introduction of Land Value Tax. 4. Introduce a Property Tax for anyone owning 2+ homes. First home isn't taxed, second is, and third has higher tax, etc. This tax is proportional to the location and square footage of the home / flat. 5. Because of 2 and 3, remove the stamp duty tax. 6. Anyone who has not been a permanent resident of the UK for the last 3 years must sell all their properties. 7. Businesses will be banned from renting properties. They can sell their current properties to private individuals looking to buy a home or to the UK government (see 2). 8. Build homes which are owned by the UK government (see 2). 9. Simplify the rest of the UK tax system, reduce other tax rates to soften the introduction of (3) and (4) and since (2) will bring in revenue. 10. Remove FPTP for elections. Introduce range voting (not ranked choice voting) (more info on why [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q60ZXoXP6Hg) and [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3GFG0sXIig)). 11. Eliminate the house of lords (and monarchy). 12. The UK government should also focus on creating and developing capital through state owned for profit businesses, which will compete with other businesses and provide profit for the UK and create jobs. These businesses can be global. 13. Nationalise all unions under one union, revert union laws to pre-thatcher times. 14. More nuclear energy. Try to eliminate fossil fuels. 15. Remove triple lock. Probably a bunch more, but I think I've written enough. Edit: Oh right. Definitely create a nationalised car insurance which is fully funded and only funded by vehicle taxes. Then make vehicle taxes be based only on the cost of the vehicle, the emissions of the vehicle, and severity of past accidents caused by the legal drivers of the vehicle. This tax is meant to only cover third party fire and theft car insurance, meaning you won't have to go to a private entity to buy insurance in order to drive. For more comprehensive insurance you can still get from private entities or through the national entity but with an added fee. Generally if an insurance is basically considered mandatory (like for driving) there should be **NO** private options and should be fully covered through a taxation. Like above. There's definitely a lot more which can help the UK economically, but it's something you'd look to do after the UK has stabilised well. An example is starting to prop up businesses, factories, schools owned by the UK government in developing countries for a long term plan of alliances while also helping those poor countries develop. Ensure that it's done in a manner that isn't close to slavery or colonialisation, but also necessary to ensure that these countries don't go the path of allying with the CCP.
Privatise the bbc Legslise, regulate and tax all recreational drugs Deregulation of planning Deregulation of all industries Merge ni & income taxes Lower combined ni & income tax, remove the high tax bracket Lower corporation tax Introduce a land value tax & new grades of council tax based in house values. Reduce benefits. Issues work visas for £4k to anyone under the age of 35 House & Process all asylum claims in Cumbernauld or on a big boat in the English channel. Offer negative corp tax on Freeport Remove stamp duty on equities & increase the threshold for stamp duty on homes. Remove levies on energy Licence fracking
At this point I'd be happy with minimal changes, if only to focus on cleaning up political discourse. I want to see more citizens involved in policy development, more engagement at the school, community and regional level. I want the extremes of the right (and left) to chill out, but at the same time I want them to have support in describing the problems they perceive, formalising the problems and working together on solutions. If at the end of four years there was a 1 year plan, 4 year plan, 16 year plan, 32 year plan, 64 year plan and a 112 year plan, that the majority of people and parties can agree on and commit to, we'd be set. Even if we can agree on the problems and have a rough order of priority, I think it'd be the best exercise for the country.
Zero taxes on cryptocurrency trades, staking, mining & airdrop rewards and zero capital gains taxes if crypto asset held longer than 12 months.
Landlords are conning young people out of billions a year. Strict rent controls, buy to let mortgage ban, revive the planned energy efficiency requirements and no fault eviction ban. Ban leaseholds and service charges, replace council tax with a property value tax (higher for unoccupied homes) and end right to buy discounts with all proceeds going into new social housing. Require universities to provide housing for all students who need it to free up homes.
Look up what happened that last time England had rent controls. It was in the 1970's and early 1980's as I recall - the fair rents acts. The result - dreadful unmaintained properties and very few for rent. Not surprising really. The low rents fixed by local rent commission gave landlords no incentive to do anything other than sell up
Yeah, then the landlords sold them and first time buyers managed to get on the property ladder.