Pressure mounts to amend property tax for less well-off

Labour faces pressure to overhaul the property tax for the less well-off after delegates at the party’s conference voted to remove the charge from those on the dole and those struggling with mortgages.

A Siptu-backed motion at the conference called for the tax to be amended and for relief for families dependent on social welfare payments as well as those in receipt of family income supplements.

It also called for families to be exempt who are on low incomes and those on middle incomes who are servicing high mortgages because of homes bought during the property bubble.