It will lower the value to half of nothing if they fill the 'empties' up with drunks, druggies and immigrants!

All well and good that online shopping seems to be the way now, after lockdown forced this on many people. Don't overlook though, the fact that the extortionate business rates councils charge on shops and business will have to be found elsewhere. This may mean Council Tax will have to increase to fund the shortfall, it's an easy source of instant revenue. My extortionate Council Tax, at almost £50 a week for emptying one bin weekly, is high enough I reckon. Individually I am already paying probably three or four times what the average family pay anyway, and that's with the 25% single occupier discount! I certainly do not want to pay any more for what I consider is a rip-off tax anyway.

The future 'high street' may just consist of charity shops, that's how it seems to be going already anyway. They only pay 20% of the full business rates I believe and often that is donated by the council, in other words us!

My council tax is outrageous too there are two of us.
Our bins are collected every two weeks.
And living in a village we have zero nearby facilities.

I live in a very rural village and there's just the one of me!

Often I wonder how anyone would feel if they were earning about one-tenth the wages, say the £10,000pa of another person living in the same size property but then by law having to pay that other person's income tax on their higher income, say £100,000pa out of their lesser earnings?

That's what Council Tax does – bring back the Poll Tax I say, the fairest way of taxing people!

Damned right but it WASN'T A POLL TAX!

That was very clever Kinnock spin that caught on.

Not only the fairest by far but Socialist's HATED IT so yet another very good reason to bring back the Community Charge.

Now the John Lewis are closing many old established Stores,
can't the goverment see that these buildings could be converted to living accomadation for thousands of 'First Time Buyers?
Also many other empty properties out of the Town coud be converted with good management into rehabitation dwellings for Alcohol and Drug abusers.
Also for the homeless too.

There is more than enough empty property to house everyone, much of it owned by Local Councils nd Church of England.
This would help the Economy and bring employment to many.

If the Local Councilx plead poverty, Buiders would be eager to start this work.

Buiders would be eager to start this work.

Builders don’t work for pea nuts Azure they want paying vast sums.