What tax reforms do Britons say they would support in principle?
-Wealth tax: 75% support
-Mansion tax: 69%
-Exit tax: 60%
-Make council tax proportionate to home value: 56%
-Pegging tax thresholds to inflation: 52%
-Increase employer's NI for foreign workers: 50%
-Require rental property owners rather than tenants to pay council tax: 48% (net +14)
-Merge NI and income tax: 43% (net +17)
-Replace fuel duty with road use tax: 38% (net -3)
-Replace stamp duty with land value tax: 34% (net -5)
-Reduce top tax rate to <40%: 29% (net -19)
-Flat tax: 20% (net -43)
More detailed descriptions of tax proposals available in chart/article (link in replies)
After 1,259 days of being blocked and silenced by the @LambethLabour Leadership, last week I FINALLY made my maiden speech @lambeth_council
This long awaited speech was for a @TheGreenParty motion on the urgent need for a #WealthTax
Shamefully the Lambeth Labour Leadership whipped their Group to vote against.
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People are backing the Green Party as the real alternative.
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Nearly 400 people and nearly 100,000 doors yesterday for our mayoral launch.
Hackney we are here to give you an alternative to Labour. We are ready to lead this borough.
We will the mayorship here with @ZoeGarbett and Dylan Law.
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Last time Greens were this high was in June 2025
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via @LordAPolls / 11 - 15 Sept
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Three Labour Councillors defect to the Greens
Three councillors have today left the Labour Party and joined the Green Party.
Cllr Moin Quadri, Cllr Victoria Hornby and Cllr Faruk Choudhury become the first Greens on Barking & Dagenham Borough Council and will sit as their own Green Group.
They will also sit as the opposition to Labour.
@LonGreenParty @BDHGreenParty @LondonYGs
Today @ZackPolanski welcomed Victoria Hornsby, Faruk Choudhury and Moin Quadri, 3 councillors who today left Labour and joined the Greens creating the opposition on Barking & Dagenham Council.
The Green Party gained a new councillor -
@Martin_Abrams
resigned from Labour last month and today he was welcomed by the leader of
@TheGreenParty@ZackPolanski
With councillors and new members joining, maybe you should too? https://t.co/pFj8odSmJD